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
2016-01-08 07:31:12 C 01 50 35.87 +34 11 06.6 L T05
2016-01-08 07:54:39 C 01 50 36.78 +34 10 57.1 L T05
2016-01-13 20:23:27 C 01 57 02.96 +33 28 46.2 q 160
2016-01-13 20:32:09 C 01 57 03.41 +33 28 43.8 q 160
2016-01-13 20:41:00 C 01 57 03.85 +33 28 41.2 q 160
2016-01-15 02:46:35 C 01 58 39.85 +33 20 22.5 q 703
2016-01-15 02:53:51 C 01 58 40.31 +33 20 21.1 q 703
2016-01-15 03:01:09 C 01 58 40.65 +33 20 19.6 q 703
2016-01-15 03:08:24 C 01 58 41.18 +33 20 16.0 q 703
2016-01-15 06:58:16 C 01 58 53.36 +33 19 14.8 L T05
2016-01-15 07:21:21 C 01 58 54.52 +33 19 08.3 L T05
2016-01-15 07:45:41 C 01 58 55.82 +33 19 01.4 L T05
2016-01-15 08:09:59 C 01 58 57.08 +33 18 54.6 L T05
2016-01-21 01:14:07 C 02 06 50.52 +32 46 13.8 u H21
2016-01-21 01:18:34 C 02 06 50.79 +32 46 12.9 u H21
2016-01-21 01:21:40 C 02 06 50.97 +32 46 12.4 u H21
2016-01-21 01:24:46 C 02 06 51.15 +32 46 11.8 u H21
2016-01-21 01:27:52 C 02 06 51.32 +32 46 11.0 u H21
2016-01-21 01:30:58 C 02 06 51.50 +32 46 10.4 u H21
2016-01-21 01:36:08 C 02 06 51.80 +32 46 09.0 u H21
2016-01-21 20:04:22 C 02 07 59.46 +32 42 20.0 q 160
2016-01-21 20:07:20 C 02 07 59.68 +32 42 20.2 q 160
2016-01-21 20:10:19 C 02 07 59.86 +32 42 19.5 q 160
2016-01-21 23:12:40 S 02 08 11.29 +32 41 44.4 L C51
2016-01-21 23:12:52 S 02 08 11.35 +32 41 44.6 L C51
2016-01-22 02:21:33 S 02 08 22.95 +32 41 06.6 L C51
2016-01-22 05:30:25 S 02 08 34.66 +32 40 28.9 L C51
2016-01-22 11:47:58 S 02 08 58.11 +32 39 14.2 L C51
2016-01-22 14:56:49 S 02 09 09.86 +32 38 38.0 L C51
2016-01-22 19:39:57 S 02 09 27.43 +32 37 42.8 L C51
2016-01-22 22:48:49 S 02 09 39.32 +32 37 07.2 L C51
2016-01-23 01:57:30 S 02 09 51.15 +32 36 30.5 L C51
2016-01-23 20:09:13 C 02 10 59.96 +32 33 04.5 t 160
2016-01-23 20:11:48 C 02 11 00.10 +32 33 03.7 t 160
2016-01-23 20:14:22 C 02 11 00.26 +32 33 02.9 t 160
2016-02-02 06:24:36 C 02 26 22.67 +32 00 04.2 L T05
2016-02-02 06:51:33 C 02 26 24.60 +32 00 00.9 L T05
2016-02-02 07:19:30 C 02 26 26.56 +31 59 58.9 L T05
2016-02-02 07:46:33 C 02 26 28.42 +31 59 53.9 L T05
2016-02-09 06:02:19 C 02 38 56.34 +31 44 51.3 L T05
2016-02-09 06:29:38 C 02 38 58.33 +31 44 49.3 L T05
2016-02-09 06:57:09 C 02 39 00.43 +31 44 47.9 L T05
2016-02-09 07:24:42 C 02 39 02.54 +31 44 45.0 L T05
2016-02-12 02:54:53 C 02 44 21.73 +31 40 25.0 q 703
2016-02-12 03:01:22 C 02 44 22.12 +31 40 23.0 q 703
2016-02-12 03:07:52 C 02 44 22.61 +31 40 22.4 q 703
2016-02-12 03:14:22 C 02 44 23.12 +31 40 22.3 q 703
2016-02-29 03:47:09 C 03 19 11.17 +31 28 01.8 q 703
2016-02-29 03:54:22 C 03 19 11.83 +31 28 02.5 q 703
2016-02-29 04:01:34 C 03 19 12.44 +31 28 01.7 q 703
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)