1981 Midas (1973 EA)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.6504955739 ± 4.39e-09
Semi-major axis (a)1.7762715081 AU ± 6.91e-10
Inclination (i)39.82339034° ± 1.52e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)356.79391976° ± 4.07e-07
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)267.84423496° ± 9.83e-07
Mean Anomaly (M)65.34753960° ± 7.65e-07
Mean Motion (n)0.4163401091°/day ± 2.43e-10
Perihelion dist (q)0.62081475 AU ± 7.80e-09
Aphelion dist (Q)2.93172826 AU ± 7.88e-09
Orbital Period2.36735847 yr ± 1.38e-09
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)15.28
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-05-31
RMS Residual0.228″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.003514 AU
Observations Used2243
Radar Obs Used7
Gaia Obs Used28
Oppositions25
Arc Total1973-2026
First Observation Used1973-03-06
Last Observation Used2026-01-02
Observations (2402)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2013-10-21 01:29:57 C 20 32 36.28 -01 37 50.9 q H45
2013-10-21 01:31:38 C 20 32 36.55 -01 37 46.6 q H45
2013-10-21 01:32:29 C 20 32 36.70 -01 37 44.4 q H45
2013-10-21 01:33:48 C 20 32 36.93 -01 37 41.0 q H45
2013-10-21 01:34:47 C 20 32 37.07 -01 37 38.6 q H45
2013-10-21 01:35:35 C 20 32 37.21 -01 37 36.5 q H45
2013-10-21 01:36:23 C 20 32 37.36 -01 37 34.3 q H45
2013-10-21 20:03:52 C 20 35 46.86 -00 51 07.0 q A92
2013-10-21 20:14:10 C 20 35 48.49 -00 50 43.1 q A92
2013-10-21 20:23:24 C 20 35 49.96 -00 50 19.1 q A92
2013-10-21 20:33:43 C 20 35 51.86 -00 49 54.0 q A92
2013-10-22 19:26:15 C 20 39 37.25 +00 04 43.5 o 639
2013-10-22 19:30:35 C 20 39 37.94 +00 04 53.5 o 639
2013-10-22 19:41:05 C 20 39 39.59 +00 05 17.7 o 639
2013-10-22 19:53:24 C 20 39 41.51 +00 05 46.3 o 639
2013-10-23 21:16:49 C 20 43 39.53 +01 02 55.2 q G40
2013-10-23 21:46:47 C 20 43 44.02 +01 04 00.2 q G40
2013-10-23 22:06:25 C 20 43 46.94 +01 04 43.5 q G40
2013-10-23 22:46:23 C 20 43 52.87 +01 06 10.1 q G40
2013-10-24 02:11:10 C 20 44 24.30 +01 13 31.3 q H45
2013-10-24 02:13:18 C 20 44 24.62 +01 13 36.0 q H45
2013-10-24 02:14:33 C 20 44 24.80 +01 13 38.7 q H45
2013-10-24 02:16:08 C 20 44 25.04 +01 13 42.0 q H45
2013-10-24 02:18:42 C 20 44 25.40 +01 13 47.6 q H45
2013-10-24 02:21:15 C 20 44 25.80 +01 13 53.2 q H45
2013-10-24 18:31:14 C 20 46 50.37 +01 47 56.8 q G34
2013-10-24 18:36:37 C 20 46 51.14 +01 48 08.6 q G34
2013-10-24 18:42:04 C 20 46 51.86 +01 48 19.3 q G34
2013-10-25 10:23:59 C 20 49 08.27 +02 20 16.0 q D29
2013-10-25 10:46:54 C 20 49 11.44 +02 21 01.6 q D29
2013-10-25 11:09:48 C 20 49 14.64 +02 21 47.2 q D29
2013-10-28 03:41:36 C 20 57 57.09 +04 21 05.8 q G96
2013-10-28 03:57:02 C 20 57 59.02 +04 21 32.3 q G96
2013-10-28 04:08:53 C 20 58 00.50 +04 21 52.6 q G96
2013-10-28 04:20:42 C 20 58 01.98 +04 22 12.8 q G96
2013-10-29 19:09:40 C 21 02 52.41 +05 25 58.4 u J93
2013-10-29 19:11:02 C 21 02 52.58 +05 26 00.6 u J93
2013-10-29 19:15:14 C 21 02 53.06 +05 26 07.2 u J93
2013-10-30 17:36:29 C 21 05 33.21 +06 00 32.2 o 639
2013-10-30 17:41:34 C 21 05 33.83 +06 00 40.2 o 639
2013-10-30 18:01:04 C 21 05 36.02 +06 01 10.1 o 639
2013-10-30 21:30:06 C 21 06 00.11 +06 06 21.6 u 510
2013-10-30 21:39:34 C 21 06 01.21 +06 06 35.7 u 510
2013-10-30 21:49:03 C 21 06 02.30 +06 06 49.7 u 510
2013-10-30 21:58:31 C 21 06 03.39 +06 07 03.7 u 510
2013-10-30 22:07:59 C 21 06 04.48 +06 07 17.7 u 510
2013-10-31 19:33:41 C 21 08 32.91 +06 38 32.6 q 046
2013-10-31 19:34:52 C 21 08 33.02 +06 38 34.2 q 046
2013-10-31 19:37:18 C 21 08 33.29 +06 38 37.3 q 046
2013-10-31 19:38:30 C 21 08 33.47 +06 38 39.2 q 046
Radar Observations (8)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1987-09-25 04:00:00 -1130345 21 Hz 8495 -14 -14
1987-09-25.166667 -113034500 1500 Hz 8495 253 253
2018-03-21 22:59:00 89358361.22 1.11 us 2380 -1 -1
2018-03-22 23:24:00 90863191.54 1.53 us 2380 -1 -1
2018-03-23 22:02:00 94516753.78 1.35 us 2380 -1 -1
2018-03-23 23:26:00 94811323.08 1.19 us 2380 -1 -1
2018-03-24 21:24:00 100309946.32 1.29 us 2380 -1 -1
2018-03-25 21:34:00 108108721.41 1.65 us 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)