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
2018-02-16 12:04:45 C 13 33 02.70 +38 43 11.1 U I41
2018-02-16 12:38:12 C 13 33 02.08 +38 43 31.1 U I41
2018-02-16 13:20:54 C 13 33 01.29 +38 43 56.3 U I41
2018-02-22 12:03:01 C 13 28 54.04 +40 22 51.5 U 703
2018-02-22 12:10:43 C 13 28 53.63 +40 22 57.2 U 703
2018-02-22 12:18:25 C 13 28 53.30 +40 23 02.4 U 703
2018-02-22 12:26:07 C 13 28 52.82 +40 23 09.3 U 703
2018-02-22 17:14:53 C 13 28 40.00 +40 26 59.7 r P93
2018-02-22 17:17:12 C 13 28 39.90 +40 27 01.5 r P93
2018-02-22 17:19:30 C 13 28 39.77 +40 27 02.6 r P93
2018-02-22 17:24:06 C 13 28 39.52 +40 27 06.8 r P93
2018-02-22 17:28:43 C 13 28 39.24 +40 27 11.5 r P93
2018-02-25 08:04:37 C 13 24 55.70 +41 20 45.9 U 703
2018-02-25 08:12:29 C 13 24 55.09 +41 20 53.3 U 703
2018-02-25 08:20:20 C 13 24 54.49 +41 21 00.5 U 703
2018-02-25 08:28:12 C 13 24 53.88 +41 21 08.0 U 703
2018-02-25 22:01:50 C 13 23 53.30 +41 33 30.0 14.6 r 238
2018-02-25 22:44:40 C 13 23 49.87 +41 34 11.6 14.7 r 238
2018-02-25 22:48:30 n 13 23 49.94 +41 34 16.9 15.3 U Z43
2018-02-25 23:20:24 n 13 23 47.33 +41 34 47.6 15.4 U Z43
2018-02-25 23:59:53 n 13 23 44.17 +41 35 26.3 15.5 U Z43
2018-02-27 23:24:44 n 13 19 28.49 +42 22 45.0 15.5 U Z43
2018-02-28 00:02:20 n 13 19 24.41 +42 23 26.3 15.3 U Z43
2018-02-28 00:32:18 n 13 19 21.26 +42 23 59.1 15.0 U Z43
2018-02-28 03:46:47 C 13 18 59.44 +42 27 26.9 q D08
2018-02-28 04:12:00 C 13 18 56.62 +42 27 53.2 q D08
2018-02-28 04:32:12 C 13 18 54.38 +42 28 13.9 q D08
2018-03-06 07:53:43 C 12 54 34.55 +45 37 08.1 U 703
2018-03-06 08:01:32 C 12 54 32.52 +45 37 20.3 U 703
2018-03-06 08:09:20 C 12 54 30.50 +45 37 32.4 U 703
2018-03-06 08:17:07 C 12 54 28.48 +45 37 44.6 U 703
2018-03-07 15:22:20 C 12 45 53.90 +46 27 05.1 k T03
2018-03-07 15:23:20 C 12 45 53.63 +46 27 07.4 k T03
2018-03-07 15:24:02 C 12 45 53.39 +46 27 07.6 k T03
2018-03-07 21:48:43 C 12 43 58.96 +46 37 25.8 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:49:05 C 12 43 58.85 +46 37 26.9 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:49:26 C 12 43 58.74 +46 37 27.2 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:49:46 C 12 43 58.63 +46 37 28.0 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:50:08 C 12 43 58.50 +46 37 28.8 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:50:29 C 12 43 58.44 +46 37 29.0 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:50:49 C 12 43 58.27 +46 37 29.7 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:51:10 C 12 43 58.19 +46 37 30.3 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:51:32 C 12 43 58.07 +46 37 30.9 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:51:52 C 12 43 57.93 +46 37 31.3 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:52:13 C 12 43 57.83 +46 37 32.1 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:52:35 C 12 43 57.76 +46 37 32.7 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:52:56 C 12 43 57.65 +46 37 33.4 U Z80
2018-03-07 21:53:16 C 12 43 57.61 +46 37 34.0 U Z80
2018-03-08 10:18:13 C 12 39 52.36 +46 58 58.5 U T05
2018-03-08 10:19:34 C 12 39 51.88 +46 59 00.9 U T05
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)