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
2025-01-04 14:45:05 C 12 18 27.482 +49 50 30.01 V T05
2025-01-06 13:08:52 C 12 19 15.600 +50 16 46.60 V T08
2025-01-06 13:15:34 C 12 19 15.715 +50 16 50.56 V T08
2025-01-06 13:25:08 C 12 19 15.806 +50 16 56.53 V T08
2025-01-06 13:39:47 C 12 19 16.003 +50 17 04.70 V T08
2025-01-08 06:24:50 B 12 19 48.82 +50 41 10.9 Z W45
2025-01-08 06:41:23 B 12 19 48.99 +50 41 21.1 Z W45
2025-01-08 06:57:31 B 12 19 49.12 +50 41 31.1 Z W45
2025-01-08 12:40:58 C 12 19 52.973 +50 45 01.26 V T05
2025-01-08 12:45:03 C 12 19 53.047 +50 45 03.46 V T05
2025-01-08 12:49:37 C 12 19 53.093 +50 45 06.44 V T05
2025-01-08 13:12:03 C 12 19 53.302 +50 45 20.30 V T05
2025-01-12 00:45:52 C 12 20 26.866 +51 38 10.10 Z D66
2025-01-12 00:55:54 C 12 20 26.844 +51 38 16.66 Z D66
2025-01-12 01:03:56 C 12 20 26.837 +51 38 22.52 Z D66
2025-01-16 09:24:36 C 12 20 03.088 +52 50 03.77 V G96
2025-01-16 09:32:15 C 12 20 02.980 +52 50 09.20 V G96
2025-01-16 09:39:55 C 12 20 02.900 +52 50 14.82 V G96
2025-01-16 09:47:33 C 12 20 02.792 +52 50 20.36 V G96
2025-01-16 12:16:35 C 12 20 01.397 +52 52 07.86 V T05
2025-01-16 12:43:35 C 12 20 00.994 +52 52 27.70 V T05
2025-01-16 12:48:51 C 12 20 00.895 +52 52 31.80 V T05
2025-01-16 12:56:19 C 12 20 00.785 +52 52 37.09 V T05
2025-01-18 12:51:07 C 12 19 20.438 +53 27 37.26 V T08
2025-01-18 12:54:25 C 12 19 20.414 +53 27 39.64 V T08
2025-01-18 12:59:43 C 12 19 20.294 +53 27 43.88 V T08
2025-01-18 13:07:40 C 12 19 20.129 +53 27 49.97 V T08
2025-01-20 10:46:47 C 12 18 23.232 +54 02 14.60 V T05
2025-01-20 10:50:10 C 12 18 23.112 +54 02 17.05 V T05
2025-01-20 11:40:50 C 12 18 21.782 +54 02 56.87 V T05
2025-01-20 12:00:49 C 12 18 21.262 +54 03 12.56 V T05
2025-01-20 21:23:54 C 12 18 06.30 +54 10 25.0 V D29
2025-01-20 21:39:10 C 12 18 05.85 +54 10 36.8 V D29
2025-01-20 21:54:27 C 12 18 05.41 +54 10 48.4 V D29
2025-01-24 13:05:22 C 12 15 09.895 +55 19 41.81 V T05
2025-01-24 13:07:59 C 12 15 09.768 +55 19 44.33 V T05
2025-01-24 13:11:56 C 12 15 09.600 +55 19 47.75 V T05
2025-01-24 13:19:45 C 12 15 09.254 +55 19 54.19 V T05
2025-01-25 06:49:20 C 12 14 24.05 +55 33 58.9 V U55
2025-01-25 06:56:13 C 12 14 23.87 +55 34 03.5 V U55
2025-01-25 07:03:06 C 12 14 23.56 +55 34 10.1 V U55
2025-02-02 10:44:10 C 12 01 20.219 +58 17 23.17 V 703
2025-02-02 10:47:23 C 12 01 19.906 +58 17 25.84 V 703
2025-02-02 10:50:35 C 12 01 19.564 +58 17 28.36 V 703
2025-02-02 10:53:49 C 12 01 19.297 +58 17 31.20 V 703
2025-02-03 12:36:09 C 11 58 53.887 +58 39 02.81 V T08
2025-02-03 12:38:49 C 11 58 53.611 +58 39 04.86 V T08
2025-02-03 12:44:07 C 11 58 53.054 +58 39 09.22 V T08
2025-02-03 12:51:23 C 11 58 52.334 +58 39 15.16 V T08
2025-02-04 07:46:44 C 11 56 58.214 +58 54 56.38 V 703
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)