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
1992-10-19 04:41:29 01 54 16.94 +65 20 02.4 711
1994-11-29 13:25:30 C 21 32 54.43 +01 29 47.2 z 220
1994-11-29 13:34:59 C 21 32 55.45 +01 29 59.2 z 220
1994-11-29 13:57:00 C 21 32 57.89 +01 30 28.2 z 220
1997-11-06 15:06:33 C 03 50 12.27 +74 25 58.3 z 381
1997-11-06 15:12:51 C 03 50 11.15 +74 25 59.7 z 381
1997-11-06 15:18:41 C 03 50 10.07 +74 26 01.0 z 381
1999-01-24 11:44:13 C 12 41 24.14 +48 56 56.3 z 711
1999-01-24 11:55:11 C 12 41 23.99 +48 57 04.0 z 711
1999-02-09 06:13:28 C 12 24 22.91 +54 08 58.2 i 714
1999-02-09 06:17:40 C 12 24 22.58 +54 09 02.3 i 714
1999-02-09 06:22:43 C 12 24 22.07 +54 09 05.9 i 714
1999-02-09 06:27:01 C 12 24 21.70 +54 09 11.1 i 714
1999-02-09 10:18:10 C 12 24 00.06 +54 12 43.1 a 704
1999-02-09 10:48:19 C 12 23 57.22 +54 13 10.5 a 704
1999-02-09 11:18:27 C 12 23 54.35 +54 13 37.9 a 704
1999-02-09 11:48:21 C 12 23 51.57 +54 14 04.2 a 704
1999-02-09 12:18:19 C 12 23 48.75 +54 14 31.4 a 704
1999-02-12 07:50:00 C 12 16 56.75 +55 15 43.6 i 714
1999-02-12 07:54:25 C 12 16 56.24 +55 15 47.7 i 714
1999-02-12 08:04:04 C 12 16 55.06 +55 15 56.8 i 714
1999-02-27 23:02:05 C 11 05 16.52 +59 50 23.0 118
1999-02-27 23:07:36 C 11 05 14.96 +59 50 25.0 118
1999-03-09 05:58:43 C 09 55 15.72 +59 30 06.6 z 719
1999-03-09 06:01:14 C 09 55 14.85 +59 30 05.7 z 719
1999-03-12 02:34:02 C 09 32 15.26 +58 34 27.8 17.6 a 704
1999-03-12 03:00:44 C 09 32 06.17 +58 34 02.4 a 704
1999-03-12 03:27:22 C 09 31 57.11 +58 33 36.0 a 704
1999-03-12 03:54:02 C 09 31 47.73 +58 33 12.1 18.5 a 704
1999-03-12 04:20:43 C 09 31 38.94 +58 32 43.2 a 704
1999-03-12 19:29:55 C 09 26 37.70 +58 16 41.8 z 151
1999-03-12 19:35:21 C 09 26 35.88 +58 16 36.3 z 151
1999-03-12 19:39:13 C 09 26 34.52 +58 16 32.0 z 151
1999-03-13 20:20:17 C 09 18 28.30 +57 47 51.1 z 151
1999-03-13 20:26:50 C 09 18 26.13 +57 47 42.7 z 151
1999-03-13 20:31:45 C 09 18 24.56 +57 47 36.6 z 151
1999-03-14 04:26:54 C 09 15 50.28 +57 37 45.3 z 719
1999-03-14 04:32:24 C 09 15 48.44 +57 37 38.3 z 719
1999-03-21 01:27:56 C 08 26 50.75 +52 56 06.8 16.7 i 836
1999-03-21 01:54:00 C 08 26 43.62 +52 55 12.4 16.5 i 836
1999-03-21 02:08:45 C 08 26 39.59 +52 54 40.7 i 836
1999-03-26 01:24:34 C 07 58 06.98 +48 14 24.7 16.4 i 836
1999-03-26 02:08:26 C 07 57 57.39 +48 12 33.3 16.5 i 836
1999-03-26 02:43:56 C 07 57 49.49 +48 10 59.3 16.4 i 836
1999-03-30 19:38:32 C 07 36 09.33 +43 02 44.4 z 151
1999-03-30 19:46:47 C 07 36 07.81 +43 02 20.9 z 151
1999-03-30 19:58:09 C 07 36 05.82 +43 01 48.6 z 151
1999-03-31 19:41:20 C 07 32 07.52 +41 53 07.7 d 046
1999-03-31 19:43:01 C 07 32 07.24 +41 53 02.9 d 046
1999-03-31 19:44:30 C 07 32 06.99 +41 52 58.9 d 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)