1620 Geographos (1951 RA)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.3355121545 ± 2.00e+00
Semi-major axis (a)1.2457769668 AU ± 3.00e+00
Inclination (i)13.33577542° ± 4.00e+00
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)337.14082621° ± 5.00e+00
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)277.01835526° ± 6.00e+00
Mean Anomaly (M)212.92032873° ± 2.36e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.7088458984°/day ± 2.56e+00
Perihelion dist (q)0.82780365 AU ± 3.19e+00
Aphelion dist (Q)1.66375028 AU ± 4.72e+00
Orbital Period1.39046623 yr ± 5.02e+00
NGA Modelr2
A23.55475120e-06 AU/d²
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)15.26
G (slope)0.15
Alternative Designations

1983 CY3

Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-04-26
RMS Residual0.276″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.028806 AU
Observations Used9056
Radar Obs Used5
Gaia Obs Used104
Oppositions19
Arc Total1951-2017
First Observation Used1951-08-31
Last Observation Used2026-04-08
Observations (11927)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2012-01-24 15:24:21 C 04 40 59.88 +45 08 35.5 16.7 r 168
2012-01-24 15:29:19 C 04 40 59.68 +45 08 31.5 16.6 r 168
2012-01-24 21:22:45 C 04 40 46.52 +45 03 40.9 c A24
2012-01-24 21:23:48 C 04 40 46.48 +45 03 40.0 c A24
2012-01-25 15:07:20 C 04 40 10.61 +44 48 56.1 16.8 r 168
2012-01-25 16:03:00 C 04 40 08.65 +44 48 10.1 17.1 r 168
2012-01-25 16:06:25 C 04 40 08.54 +44 48 07.4 16.4 r 168
2012-01-25 17:11:20 C 04 40 06.28 +44 47 13.5 17.2 r 168
2012-01-25 17:15:55 C 04 40 06.09 +44 47 09.6 17.3 r 168
2012-01-25 20:22:54 C 04 40 00.15 +44 44 37.7 c A24
2012-01-25 20:23:56 C 04 40 00.11 +44 44 36.9 c A24
2012-01-25 21:31:43 C 04 39 57.83 +44 43 39.3 c A24
2012-01-25 21:32:45 C 04 39 57.73 +44 43 39.0 c A24
2012-01-25 21:55:54 C 04 39 56.89 +44 43 19.9 d B66
2012-01-25 22:55:43 C 04 39 54.87 +44 42 30.0 d B66
2012-01-26 09:41:42 C 04 39 35.99 +44 33 39.6 u 379
2012-01-26 09:44:21 C 04 39 35.92 +44 33 37.5 u 379
2012-01-26 09:47:01 C 04 39 35.87 +44 33 35.4 u 379
2012-01-26 10:32:43 C 04 39 34.29 +44 32 57.8 u 379
2012-01-26 10:38:02 C 04 39 34.16 +44 32 53.2 u 379
2012-01-26 10:49:04 C 04 39 33.78 +44 32 44.2 u 379
2012-01-26 20:16:41 C 04 39 17.36 +44 24 54.8 c A24
2012-01-26 20:17:44 C 04 39 17.32 +44 24 54.1 c A24
2012-01-26 21:14:49 C 04 39 15.56 +44 24 06.6 c A24
2012-01-26 21:15:52 C 04 39 15.54 +44 24 05.8 c A24
2012-01-29 04:32:04 C 04 37 57.95 +43 38 57.2 u H45
2012-01-29 04:34:14 C 04 37 57.89 +43 38 55.1 u H45
2012-01-29 04:39:06 C 04 37 57.71 +43 38 51.2 u H45
2012-01-29 04:42:55 C 04 37 57.67 +43 38 48.8 u H45
2012-01-29 04:44:40 C 04 37 57.63 +43 38 47.4 u H45
2012-02-07 02:31:17 C 04 37 08.41 +40 52 38.4 u H45
2012-02-07 02:33:31 C 04 37 08.42 +40 52 37.3 u H45
2012-02-07 02:36:04 C 04 37 08.46 +40 52 34.8 u H45
2012-02-07 02:38:57 C 04 37 08.46 +40 52 32.5 u H45
2012-02-07 02:40:06 C 04 37 08.47 +40 52 32.0 u H45
2012-02-13 18:42:59 C 04 40 11.01 +38 59 20.9 i C91
2012-02-13 19:09:59 C 04 40 11.65 +38 59 02.7 i C91
2012-02-13 19:30:00 C 04 40 12.14 +38 58 49.2 i C91
2012-02-13 19:52:00 C 04 40 12.72 +38 58 34.2 i C91
2012-02-14 19:29:15 C 04 40 53.36 +38 42 44.5 c A24
2012-02-14 19:30:18 C 04 40 53.39 +38 42 43.5 c A24
2012-02-14 20:19:00 C 04 40 54.70 +38 42 11.4 i C91
2012-02-14 20:30:00 C 04 40 55.01 +38 42 03.7 i C91
2012-02-14 20:41:29 C 04 40 55.35 +38 41 55.6 c A24
2012-02-14 20:42:31 C 04 40 55.37 +38 41 55.0 c A24
2012-02-15 19:02:09 C 04 41 37.08 +38 27 10.1 c A24
2012-02-15 19:03:11 C 04 41 37.13 +38 27 10.3 c A24
2012-02-15 20:12:17 C 04 41 39.19 +38 26 24.2 c A24
2012-02-15 20:13:19 C 04 41 39.21 +38 26 23.6 c A24
2012-02-15 21:28:30 C 04 41 41.50 +38 25 33.9 d B66
Radar Observations (12)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1983-02-27 05:00:00 161795 5 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1983-02-27.208333 16179500 500 Hz 2380 251 251
1983-02-28 05:04:00 142007628 30 us 2380 -1 -1
1983-02-28.211111 14200762800 30000 us 2380 251 251
1994-08-28 07:10:00 38936537.06 1.76 us 8510 -14 -14
1994-08-28 07:10:00 -364880.593 0.9 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1994-08-28.298611 3893653706 1760 us 8510 253 253
1994-08-29 04:40:00 42596456.4 1.13 us 8510 -14 -14
1994-08-29 04:40:00 -427851.027 0.2 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1994-08-29.194444 4259645640 1130 us 8510 253 253
1994-09-02 07:20:00 -615553.2 0.5 Hz 8510 -14 -14
1994-09-02.305556 -61555320 50 Hz 8510 253 253
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)