1915 Quetzalcoatl (1953 EA)

NEO ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.5702246268 ± 1.40e-07
Semi-major axis (a)2.5448411468 AU ± 5.25e-08
Inclination (i)20.39923791° ± 3.65e-05
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)162.92162516° ± 4.08e-05
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)347.75522149° ± 5.87e-05
Mean Anomaly (M)21.61657954° ± 1.17e-04
Mean Motion (n)0.2427846689°/day ± 7.52e-09
Perihelion dist (q)1.09371005 AU ± 3.58e-07
Aphelion dist (Q)3.99597224 AU ± 3.67e-07
Orbital Period4.05967266 yr ± 1.26e-07
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)18.38
G (slope)0.10
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-05-31
RMS Residual0.984″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeAmor
MOID0.109709 AU
Observations Used54
Radar Obs Used1
Oppositions21
Arc Total1953-2020
First Observation Used1953-03-09
Last Observation Used2020-10-25
Observations (58)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
1981-03-07 13:30:42 A 11 27 14.12 +21 23 20.0 330
1985-03-23 06:46:45 A 09 35 57.16 +45 17 17.4 A 801
2004-10-09 08:29:53 C 02 44 58.05 -09 10 04.1 o 696
2004-10-09 09:01:03 C 02 44 57.14 -09 10 25.3 o 696
2009-02-22 05:50:46 C 02 27 16.95 -04 11 11.0 W T14
2009-02-22 05:57:18 C 02 27 17.45 -04 11 06.9 W T14
2020-10-25 02:54:42 C 00 53 40.83 -12 44 34.7 W W84
2020-10-25 03:09:31 C 00 53 40.23 -12 44 39.7 W W84
Radar Observations (2)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1981-03-08 03:40:00 -106796 2 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1981-03-08.152778 -10679600 200 Hz 2380 251 251
Station codes
-1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)