16960 (1998 QS52)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.8590716339 ± 4.29e-09
Semi-major axis (a)2.2004380573 AU ± 1.31e-09
Inclination (i)17.51815193° ± 1.02e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)260.14853481° ± 3.67e-06
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)243.25455102° ± 3.50e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)69.45475471° ± 1.16e-06
Mean Motion (n)0.3019594007°/day ± 2.69e-10
Perihelion dist (q)0.31010414 AU ± 9.43e-09
Aphelion dist (Q)4.09077197 AU ± 9.74e-09
Orbital Period3.26410200 yr ± 2.90e-09
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)14.32
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-05-31
RMS Residual0.242″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.018285 AU
Observations Used3121
Gaia Obs Used51
Oppositions23
Arc Total1983-2025
First Observation Used1983-06-14
Last Observation Used2025-09-24
Observations (3344)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2025-06-03 01:11:21 C 21 15 50.364 -05 06 51.16 Z C23
2025-06-03 01:28:24 C 21 15 46.524 -05 06 49.50 Z C23
2025-06-03 01:29:22 C 21 15 46.308 -05 06 49.21 Z C23
2025-06-03 02:16:45 C 21 15 35.554 -05 06 22.28 V M22
2025-06-03 02:19:21 C 21 15 34.963 -05 06 22.07 V M22
2025-06-03 02:24:36 C 21 15 33.775 -05 06 21.64 V M22
2025-06-03 02:34:24 C 21 15 31.555 -05 06 20.81 V M22
2025-06-04 13:16:07 C 21 07 49.570 -05 03 56.34 V T08
2025-06-04 13:31:35 C 21 07 46.063 -05 03 55.48 V T08
2025-06-04 13:34:13 C 21 07 45.468 -05 03 55.33 V T08
2025-06-04 13:36:12 C 21 07 45.017 -05 03 55.01 V T08
2025-06-04 13:51:52 C 21 07 41.436 -05 03 54.36 V T08
2025-06-04 13:54:30 C 21 07 40.860 -05 03 54.18 V T08
2025-06-05 06:38:05 C 21 03 58.190 -05 02 31.63 V W68
2025-06-05 06:40:43 C 21 03 57.590 -05 02 31.45 V W68
2025-06-05 06:45:17 C 21 03 56.561 -05 02 31.27 V W68
2025-06-05 07:05:00 C 21 03 52.097 -05 02 30.01 V W68
2025-06-05 10:26:26 C 21 03 07.160 -05 02 35.88 V 703
2025-06-05 10:29:25 C 21 03 06.484 -05 02 35.59 V 703
2025-06-05 10:32:24 C 21 03 05.814 -05 02 35.30 V 703
2025-06-05 10:35:23 C 21 03 05.137 -05 02 35.23 V 703
2025-06-05 12:48:34 C 21 02 35.767 -05 02 23.99 X F52
2025-06-05 13:06:02 C 21 02 31.806 -05 02 23.04 X F52
2025-06-05 13:23:31 C 21 02 27.841 -05 02 21.96 X F52
2025-06-05 22:49:12 C 21 00 22.37 -05 01 53.6 X D04
2025-06-05 22:54:06 C 21 00 21.27 -05 01 53.4 X D04
2025-06-05 22:58:58 C 21 00 20.16 -05 01 53.3 X D04
2025-06-05 23:03:51 C 21 00 19.06 -05 01 53.4 X D04
2025-06-05 23:08:27 C 21 00 18.02 -05 01 53.1 X D04
2025-06-05 23:12:46 C 21 00 17.06 -05 01 53.0 X D04
2025-06-05 23:17:07 C 21 00 16.07 -05 01 51.6 X D04
2025-06-05 23:21:27 C 21 00 15.09 -05 01 52.7 X D04
2025-06-05 23:25:47 C 21 00 14.10 -05 01 51.7 X D04
2025-06-05 23:30:07 C 21 00 13.15 -05 01 51.7 X D04
2025-06-05 23:34:27 C 21 00 12.14 -05 01 51.2 X D04
2025-06-05 23:38:47 C 21 00 11.19 -05 01 51.1 X D04
2025-06-06 03:11:07 C 20 59 24.144 -05 01 35.76 V R17
2025-06-06 03:31:45 C 20 59 19.469 -05 01 34.72 V R17
2025-06-06 03:52:35 C 20 59 14.753 -05 01 33.64 V R17
2025-06-06 04:12:53 C 20 59 10.159 -05 01 32.56 V R17
2025-06-06 13:01:51 C 20 57 12.835 -05 01 02.24 V T05
2025-06-06 13:04:29 C 20 57 12.238 -05 01 02.21 V T05
2025-06-06 13:09:03 C 20 57 11.201 -05 01 01.96 V T05
2025-06-06 13:19:30 C 20 57 08.830 -05 01 01.42 V T05
2025-06-06 17:11:47 C 20 56 17.774 -05 00 36.54 V P07
2025-06-06 18:28:13 C 20 56 00.511 -05 00 32.94 V P07
2025-06-06 19:34:40 C 20 55 45.458 -05 00 29.92 V P07
2025-06-06 21:28:30 C 20 55 19.668 -05 00 24.30 V P07
2025-06-07 08:15:36 C 20 52 57.191 -05 00 10.33 V 703
2025-06-07 08:19:33 C 20 52 56.302 -05 00 10.12 V 703