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
2025-09-22 20:44:32 B 02 18 12.286 +53 32 58.31 V R61
2025-09-23 10:17:16 C 02 15 18.065 +53 46 32.99 V T08
2025-09-23 10:53:31 C 02 15 10.099 +53 47 09.28 V T08
2025-09-23 11:00:49 C 02 15 08.496 +53 47 16.40 V T08
2025-09-23 11:40:08 C 02 14 59.822 +53 47 54.74 V T08
2025-09-23 11:55:55 C 02 14 56.328 +53 48 10.08 V T08
2025-09-23 20:59:34 C 02 12 59.11 +53 56 42.3 X C40
2025-09-23 21:02:08 C 02 12 58.57 +53 56 44.8 X C40
2025-09-23 21:04:42 C 02 12 57.99 +53 56 47.2 X C40
2025-09-23 21:07:16 C 02 12 57.43 +53 56 49.6 X C40
2025-09-23 21:09:49 C 02 12 56.87 +53 56 52.0 X C40
2025-09-23 21:12:23 C 02 12 56.31 +53 56 54.5 X C40
2025-09-23 21:14:57 C 02 12 55.70 +53 56 57.0 X C40
2025-09-23 21:17:32 C 02 12 55.16 +53 56 59.5 X C40
2025-09-23 21:20:00 C 02 12 54.63 +53 57 01.7 X C40
2025-09-23 21:22:21 C 02 12 54.10 +53 57 04.0 X C40
2025-09-23 21:24:43 C 02 12 53.57 +53 57 06.2 X C40
2025-09-23 21:27:04 C 02 12 53.05 +53 57 08.5 X C40
2025-09-24 00:27:35 B 02 12 13.723 +53 59 58.56 V R51
2025-09-24 00:48:53 B 02 12 09.079 +54 00 17.93 V R51
2025-09-24 01:10:35 B 02 12 04.325 +54 00 38.81 V R51
2025-09-24 01:11:05 B 02 12 03.948 +54 00 36.76 V L65
2025-09-24 01:15:16 B 02 12 03.010 +54 00 40.64 V L65
2025-09-24 01:19:27 B 02 12 02.071 +54 00 44.57 V L65
2025-09-24 09:48:02 C 02 10 11.702 +54 08 33.68 V T08
2025-09-24 09:59:00 C 02 10 09.247 +54 08 44.09 V T08
2025-09-24 10:09:22 C 02 10 06.934 +54 08 53.41 V T08
2025-09-24 10:24:05 C 02 10 03.646 +54 09 06.95 V T08
2025-09-25 01:41:28 C 02 06 41.170 +54 22 29.10 V R17
2025-09-25 02:01:09 C 02 06 36.710 +54 22 45.98 V R17
2025-09-25 02:20:49 C 02 06 32.256 +54 23 02.87 V R17
2025-09-25 02:40:29 C 02 06 27.787 +54 23 19.79 V R17
2025-09-25 20:41:55 B 02 02 27.523 +54 38 00.06 V R51
2025-09-25 20:52:01 B 02 02 25.205 +54 38 08.12 V R51
2025-09-25 21:02:21 B 02 02 22.819 +54 38 17.52 V R51
2025-09-26 14:00:20 C 01 58 31.966 +54 51 23.11 V T05
2025-09-26 14:04:59 C 01 58 30.874 +54 51 25.99 V T05
2025-09-26 14:12:26 C 01 58 29.160 +54 51 31.64 V T05
2025-09-26 14:17:06 C 01 58 28.111 +54 51 34.85 V T05
2025-09-26 14:21:14 C 01 58 27.103 +54 51 37.62 V T05
2025-09-27 03:14:43 B 01 55 32.779 +55 00 47.12 W X04
2025-09-27 03:24:00 B 01 55 30.650 +55 00 53.78 W X04
2025-09-27 03:34:18 B 01 55 28.274 +55 01 00.91 W X04
2025-09-30 09:28:49 C 01 37 30.564 +55 45 38.63 V T08
2025-09-30 09:36:49 C 01 37 28.670 +55 45 42.34 V T08
2025-09-30 09:51:33 C 01 37 25.181 +55 45 49.25 V T08
2025-10-01 01:26:29 C 01 33 47.616 +55 52 22.62 V R17
2025-10-01 01:46:12 C 01 33 42.943 +55 52 30.61 V R17
2025-10-01 02:05:53 C 01 33 38.246 +55 52 38.28 V R17
2025-10-01 02:25:34 C 01 33 33.578 +55 52 46.06 V R17
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)