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
2025-10-02 03:01:46 B 01 27 50.347 +56 01 27.66 V R51
2025-10-02 03:22:45 B 01 27 45.415 +56 01 34.10 V R51
2025-10-02 03:44:33 B 01 27 40.243 +56 01 40.19 V R51
2025-10-02 10:05:28 C 01 26 12.965 +56 03 41.29 V T05
2025-10-02 10:08:45 C 01 26 12.163 +56 03 42.30 V T05
2025-10-02 11:11:41 C 01 25 57.250 +56 04 00.88 V T05
2025-10-02 19:50:02 C 01 23 57.75 +56 06 19.9 X C40
2025-10-02 19:51:58 C 01 23 57.33 +56 06 20.3 X C40
2025-10-02 19:53:54 C 01 23 56.86 +56 06 20.5 X C40
2025-10-02 19:55:49 C 01 23 56.41 +56 06 21.1 X C40
2025-10-02 19:57:38 C 01 23 55.99 +56 06 21.8 X C40
2025-10-02 19:59:20 C 01 23 55.57 +56 06 22.4 X C40
2025-10-02 20:01:03 C 01 23 55.22 +56 06 22.7 X C40
2025-10-02 20:02:47 C 01 23 54.81 +56 06 23.2 X C40
2025-10-02 20:04:29 C 01 23 54.39 +56 06 24.1 X C40
2025-10-02 20:06:12 C 01 23 53.99 +56 06 23.9 X C40
2025-10-02 20:07:54 C 01 23 53.56 +56 06 24.7 X C40
2025-10-02 20:09:37 C 01 23 53.18 +56 06 25.2 X C40
2025-10-03 09:56:06 C 01 20 42.187 +56 09 50.80 V T08
2025-10-03 10:27:25 C 01 20 34.822 +56 09 57.78 V T08
2025-10-03 10:30:43 C 01 20 34.058 +56 09 58.50 V T08
2025-10-03 10:35:58 C 01 20 32.798 +56 09 59.58 V T08
2025-10-03 19:49:07 C 01 18 25.78 +56 11 48.4 o C41
2025-10-03 19:52:27 C 01 18 25.00 +56 11 49.1 o C41
2025-10-03 19:55:48 C 01 18 24.20 +56 11 49.4 o C41
2025-10-03 19:59:07 C 01 18 23.42 +56 11 51.0 o C41
2025-10-04 19:57:46 C 01 12 54.30 +56 15 34.1 X C40
2025-10-04 19:59:30 C 01 12 53.92 +56 15 33.9 X C40
2025-10-04 20:01:13 C 01 12 53.52 +56 15 34.3 X C40
2025-10-04 20:02:55 C 01 12 53.14 +56 15 34.6 X C40
2025-10-04 20:04:38 C 01 12 52.72 +56 15 35.0 X C40
2025-10-04 20:06:22 C 01 12 52.35 +56 15 34.9 X C40
2025-10-04 20:07:59 C 01 12 51.95 +56 15 35.2 X C40
2025-10-04 20:09:29 C 01 12 51.60 +56 15 35.4 X C40
2025-10-04 20:10:59 C 01 12 51.27 +56 15 35.6 X C40
2025-10-04 20:12:29 C 01 12 50.91 +56 15 35.8 X C40
2025-10-04 20:14:00 C 01 12 50.58 +56 15 35.8 X C40
2025-10-04 20:15:30 C 01 12 50.24 +56 15 36.2 X C40
2025-10-05 09:27:06 C 01 09 50.563 +56 16 59.52 V T08
2025-10-05 09:38:27 C 01 09 47.921 +56 17 00.49 V T08
2025-10-05 09:39:46 C 01 09 47.618 +56 17 00.60 V T08
2025-10-05 09:42:24 C 01 09 47.035 +56 17 00.96 V T08
2025-10-05 09:53:45 C 01 09 44.400 +56 17 01.90 V T08
2025-10-05 09:56:23 C 01 09 43.769 +56 17 02.15 V T08
2025-10-05 23:00:31 C 01 06 46.94 +56 17 45.3 V R85
2025-10-05 23:07:11 C 01 06 45.42 +56 17 45.7 V R85
2025-10-05 23:13:51 C 01 06 43.90 +56 17 45.9 V R85
2025-10-06 22:50:31 C 01 01 28.00 +56 17 57.2 V R85
2025-10-06 22:51:30 B 01 01 27.75 +56 17 57.0 X M54
2025-10-06 22:57:40 B 01 01 26.41 +56 17 56.8 X M54
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)