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
2018-03-16 18:33:58 C 10 04 08.15 +50 55 13.6 q C97
2018-03-16 19:53:24 C 10 02 14.74 +50 52 10.1 q 006
2018-03-16 19:54:55 C 10 02 12.52 +50 52 07.5 q 006
2018-03-16 19:56:28 C 10 02 10.09 +50 52 04.1 q 006
2018-03-16 19:57:45 C 10 02 08.27 +50 52 01.9 q 006
2018-03-16 19:59:18 C 10 02 05.89 +50 51 58.6 q 006
2018-03-16 20:01:19 C 10 02 02.91 +50 51 54.7 q 006
2018-03-16 20:02:04 C 10 02 01.75 +50 51 53.5 q 006
2018-03-16 20:04:04 C 10 01 58.78 +50 51 50.0 q 006
2018-03-16 20:40:22 C 10 01 03.99 +50 50 25.9 U Z80
2018-03-16 20:42:22 C 10 01 00.96 +50 50 22.3 U Z80
2018-03-16 20:44:22 C 10 00 58.00 +50 50 18.5 U Z80
2018-03-16 20:46:23 C 10 00 54.96 +50 50 14.4 U Z80
2018-03-16 20:48:23 C 10 00 51.94 +50 50 10.5 U Z80
2018-03-16 20:50:23 C 10 00 48.90 +50 50 06.5 U Z80
2018-03-16 20:52:24 C 10 00 45.92 +50 50 02.5 U Z80
2018-03-16 20:54:24 C 10 00 42.89 +50 49 58.7 U Z80
2018-03-16 20:56:24 C 10 00 39.91 +50 49 54.6 U Z80
2018-03-16 20:59:08 C 10 00 35.75 +50 49 48.9 U Z80
2018-03-16 22:02:54 C 09 58 58.56 +50 47 24.5 11.8 r 238
2018-03-16 22:10:23 C 09 58 47.27 +50 47 07.9 11.7 r 238
2018-03-17 09:07:52 C 09 41 55.26 +50 18 20.3 U T05
2018-03-17 09:11:49 C 09 41 48.89 +50 18 07.3 U T05
2018-03-17 09:33:02 C 09 41 14.67 +50 16 56.6 U T05
2018-03-17 09:42:22 C 09 40 59.55 +50 16 25.1 U T05
2018-03-17 12:55:47 C 09 35 53.93 +50 04 58.3 o P93
2018-03-17 12:58:27 C 09 35 49.43 +50 04 48.1 o P93
2018-03-18 23:41:01 C 08 37 07.66 +46 42 26.0 q I15
2018-03-18 23:41:45 C 08 37 06.37 +46 42 19.9 q I15
2018-03-18 23:42:49 C 08 37 04.47 +46 42 11.3 q I15
2018-03-19 08:57:59 C 08 20 47.98 +45 20 21.5 U T05
2018-03-19 09:15:45 C 08 20 16.45 +45 17 28.3 U T05
2018-03-19 09:30:04 C 08 19 51.10 +45 15 08.1 U T05
2018-03-19 17:21:20 C 08 06 14.99 +43 54 38.8 q C97
2018-03-19 17:24:41 C 08 06 09.27 +43 54 03.6 q C97
2018-03-19 17:27:08 C 08 06 04.68 +43 53 36.5 q C97
2018-03-19 17:29:36 C 08 06 00.97 +43 53 11.7 q C97
2018-03-19 21:13:27 C 07 59 36.05 +43 10 54.6 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:15:59 C 07 59 31.64 +43 10 25.4 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:18:54 C 07 59 26.56 +43 09 52.0 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:21:39 C 07 59 21.78 +43 09 20.2 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:24:23 C 07 59 17.02 +43 08 49.0 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:27:03 C 07 59 12.34 +43 08 18.1 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:29:54 C 07 59 07.42 +43 07 45.4 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:32:27 C 07 59 03.00 +43 07 16.0 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:35:13 C 07 58 58.17 +43 06 44.1 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:37:55 C 07 58 53.48 +43 06 13.1 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:40:23 C 07 58 49.18 +43 05 44.5 U Z80
2018-03-19 21:44:14 C 07 58 42.52 +43 05 00.1 U Z80
2018-03-19 23:26:05 C 07 55 52.58 +42 45 33.0 q I15
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)