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
2013-11-03 19:23:09 C 21 16 22.98 +08 14 02.7 o 639
2013-11-03 19:35:44 C 21 16 24.28 +08 14 18.3 o 639
2013-11-03 19:40:45 C 21 16 24.79 +08 14 24.5 o 639
2013-11-03 19:43:09 C 21 16 25.04 +08 14 27.5 o 639
2013-11-04 01:37:45 C 21 17 02.40 +08 21 48.4 q 703
2013-11-04 01:48:38 C 21 17 03.47 +08 22 02.2 q 703
2013-11-04 02:10:25 C 21 17 05.68 +08 22 28.1 q 703
2013-11-05 18:34:32 C 21 21 12.93 +09 10 09.4 a 233
2013-11-05 18:41:04 C 21 21 13.58 +09 10 17.1 a 233
2013-11-05 18:46:58 C 21 21 14.15 +09 10 23.7 a 233
2013-11-05 18:53:07 C 21 21 14.74 +09 10 30.7 a 233
2013-11-08 19:05:46 C 21 28 14.41 +10 27 50.8 t L04
2013-11-08 19:12:44 C 21 28 15.04 +10 27 58.1 t L04
2013-11-08 19:19:43 C 21 28 15.70 +10 28 04.9 t L04
2013-11-11 00:00:31 C 21 33 07.22 +11 19 04.7 r W11
2013-11-11 00:41:55 C 21 33 10.92 +11 19 43.5 r W11
2013-11-13 01:20:40 C 21 37 30.29 +12 03 17.9 r W11
2013-11-13 01:58:44 C 21 37 33.50 +12 03 50.5 r W11
2013-11-14 01:50:08 C 21 39 37.82 +12 24 07.5 u H21
2013-11-14 01:53:59 C 21 39 38.15 +12 24 10.7 u H21
2013-11-14 01:57:51 C 21 39 38.47 +12 24 13.9 u H21
2013-11-14 02:02:29 C 21 39 38.86 +12 24 17.8 u H21
2013-11-16 02:31:53 C 21 43 46.26 +13 03 32.9 u H21
2013-11-16 02:35:29 C 21 43 46.55 +13 03 35.8 u H21
2013-11-16 02:39:05 C 21 43 46.84 +13 03 38.4 u H21
2013-11-16 02:51:11 C 21 43 47.85 +13 03 47.7 u H21
2013-11-16 02:54:16 C 21 43 48.07 +13 03 50.4 u H21
2013-11-16 02:58:07 C 21 43 48.41 +13 03 53.2 u H21
2013-11-19 01:31:42 C 21 49 37.82 +13 56 53.0 q H45
2013-11-19 01:32:57 C 21 49 37.92 +13 56 54.6 q H45
2013-11-19 01:34:13 C 21 49 38.02 +13 56 55.2 q H45
2013-11-19 01:35:44 C 21 49 38.16 +13 56 55.9 q H45
2013-11-19 01:37:01 C 21 49 38.24 +13 56 56.9 q H45
2013-11-19 01:38:16 C 21 49 38.32 +13 56 57.8 q H45
2013-11-19 01:59:05 C 21 49 39.98 +13 57 12.3 u H21
2013-11-19 02:02:55 C 21 49 40.28 +13 57 15.3 u H21
2013-11-19 02:09:06 C 21 49 40.75 +13 57 19.5 u H21
2013-11-19 02:12:42 C 21 49 41.07 +13 57 21.6 u H21
2013-11-20 01:50:32 C 21 51 35.41 +14 14 08.1 q I15
2013-11-20 01:56:47 C 21 51 35.94 +14 14 12.2 q I15
2013-11-20 02:03:04 C 21 51 36.44 +14 14 16.9 q I15
2013-11-20 02:47:54 C 21 51 40.09 +14 14 49.3 q H45
2013-11-20 02:49:38 C 21 51 40.22 +14 14 50.3 q H45
2013-11-20 02:50:53 C 21 51 40.31 +14 14 51.3 q H45
2013-11-20 02:52:17 C 21 51 40.41 +14 14 52.0 q H45
2013-11-20 02:53:36 C 21 51 40.52 +14 14 52.9 q H45
2013-11-20 02:54:55 C 21 51 40.62 +14 14 53.6 q H45
2013-11-20 02:56:19 C 21 51 40.74 +14 14 55.1 q H45
2013-11-20 02:57:41 C 21 51 40.84 +14 14 55.9 q H45
2013-11-26 18:27:40 C 22 04 08.19 +15 57 56.2 c A24
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)