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
2020-02-01 05:48:27 C 08 08 30.86 +75 17 47.0 U I41
2020-02-01 06:16:01 C 08 08 24.48 +75 17 42.1 U I41
2020-02-03 11:16:11 C 07 56 24.52 +75 05 39.3 V T08
2020-02-03 11:20:50 C 07 56 23.60 +75 05 39.0 V T08
2020-02-03 11:28:12 C 07 56 21.85 +75 05 35.7 V T08
2020-02-03 11:44:15 C 07 56 18.10 +75 05 31.2 V T08
2020-02-15 07:27:48 C 07 03 58.36 +72 53 27.9 V T08
2020-02-15 07:31:59 C 07 03 57.61 +72 53 25.7 V T08
2020-02-15 07:39:37 C 07 03 56.46 +72 53 20.9 V T08
2020-02-15 07:58:25 C 07 03 53.76 +72 53 08.8 V T08
2020-02-23 07:36:32 C 06 42 15.83 +70 38 12.3 V T08
2020-02-23 08:00:12 C 06 42 13.62 +70 37 54.8 V T08
2020-02-23 08:49:48 C 06 42 09.14 +70 37 16.1 V T08
2020-02-23 09:05:46 C 06 42 07.75 +70 37 03.6 V T08
2020-02-29 03:35:02 C 06 32 45.55 +68 46 55.9 V 703
2020-02-29 03:43:47 C 06 32 45.07 +68 46 49.0 V 703
2020-02-29 03:53:02 C 06 32 44.49 +68 46 40.8 V 703
2020-03-08 01:16:00 C 06 26 31.79 +66 07 45.8 q I15
2020-03-08 01:26:11 C 06 26 31.50 +66 07 38.0 q I15
2020-03-08 01:36:21 C 06 26 31.60 +66 07 28.1 q I15
2020-04-10 03:25:59 C 06 47 12.88 +54 58 53.8 V 703
2020-04-10 03:33:41 C 06 47 13.20 +54 58 48.9 V 703
2020-04-10 03:49:05 C 06 47 14.10 +54 58 35.4 V 703
2020-04-15 03:30:00 C 06 53 55.14 +53 21 44.4 V 703
2020-04-15 03:37:46 C 06 53 55.72 +53 21 36.7 V 703
2020-04-15 03:45:31 C 06 53 56.17 +53 21 30.7 V 703
2020-04-15 03:53:15 C 06 53 56.49 +53 21 23.0 V 703
2020-04-22 03:37:58 C 07 04 10.49 +51 06 54.4 V 703
2020-04-22 03:46:20 C 07 04 10.93 +51 06 48.3 V 703
2020-04-22 04:03:05 C 07 04 12.07 +51 06 34.3 V 703
2020-04-24 03:49:41 C 07 07 16.52 +50 28 27.6 U I41
2020-04-24 03:53:40 C 07 07 16.73 +50 28 24.3 U I41
2020-04-24 04:56:52 C 07 07 20.80 +50 27 33.6 U I41
2020-04-24 04:58:14 C 07 07 20.89 +50 27 32.3 U I41
2020-04-25 03:44:13 C 07 08 50.05 +50 09 24.0 V 703
2020-04-25 03:52:23 C 07 08 50.62 +50 09 17.5 V 703
2020-04-25 04:00:33 C 07 08 51.17 +50 09 11.7 V 703
2020-06-03 03:50:39 C 08 17 49.61 +37 22 56.4 V G96
2020-06-03 03:56:51 C 08 17 50.10 +37 22 50.9 V G96
2020-06-03 04:03:01 C 08 17 50.57 +37 22 45.0 V G96
2020-06-03 04:09:12 C 08 17 51.03 +37 22 39.9 V G96
2020-11-08 04:44:17 C 19 25 56.17 -25 44 45.4 V T05
2020-11-08 04:55:29 C 19 25 59.20 -25 44 19.1 V T05
2020-11-08 05:14:00 C 19 26 04.13 -25 43 35.3 V T05
2020-11-09 17:58:09 C 19 35 44.02 -24 17 15.1 q K73
2020-11-09 18:02:55 C 19 35 45.16 -24 17 04.3 q K73
2020-11-10 05:18:52 C 19 38 36.98 -23 50 36.0 V T08
2020-11-10 05:24:10 C 19 38 38.32 -23 50 23.4 V T08
2020-11-10 05:33:27 C 19 38 40.63 -23 50 01.9 V T08
2020-11-16 04:44:25 C 20 11 30.09 -18 21 45.5 V 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)