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
2025-10-06 22:58:48 C 01 01 26.14 +56 17 57.1 V R85
2025-10-06 23:03:49 B 01 01 24.99 +56 17 56.8 X M54
2025-10-06 23:05:46 C 01 01 24.57 +56 17 56.7 V R85
2025-10-07 19:50:53 B 00 56 51.665 +56 16 49.48 W L47
2025-10-07 19:53:54 B 00 56 50.791 +56 16 47.53 W L47
2025-10-07 19:56:53 B 00 56 50.146 +56 16 46.02 W L47
2025-10-07 23:10:15 B 00 56 07.56 +56 16 32.7 X M54
2025-10-07 23:16:25 B 00 56 06.16 +56 16 32.2 X M54
2025-10-07 23:22:35 B 00 56 04.78 +56 16 31.6 X M54
2025-10-09 10:01:56 C 00 48 39.048 +56 11 53.48 V T08
2025-10-09 10:05:53 C 00 48 38.230 +56 11 52.62 V T08
2025-10-09 10:15:07 C 00 48 36.218 +56 11 51.00 V T08
2025-10-12 09:48:04 C 00 34 02.666 +55 52 56.71 V T08
2025-10-12 09:52:04 C 00 34 01.867 +55 52 55.24 V T08
2025-10-12 10:00:39 C 00 34 00.113 +55 52 52.28 V T08
2025-10-12 10:46:13 C 00 33 51.007 +55 52 36.41 V T08
2025-10-15 23:15:04 B 00 18 15.54 +55 16 23.4 Z R73
2025-10-15 23:22:37 B 00 18 14.22 +55 16 19.4 Z R73
2025-10-15 23:30:11 B 00 18 12.87 +55 16 15.8 Z R73
2025-10-15 23:35:13 B 00 18 12.00 +55 16 13.1 Z R73
2025-10-16 21:07:02 B 00 14 32.02 +55 05 00.0 Z R73
2025-10-16 21:14:36 B 00 14 30.62 +55 04 55.4 Z R73
2025-10-16 21:19:37 B 00 14 29.87 +55 04 53.5 Z R73
2025-10-16 21:24:39 B 00 14 29.00 +55 04 50.6 Z R73
2025-10-18 01:05:23 B 00 09 56.167 +54 49 21.61 W R92
2025-10-18 01:24:34 B 00 09 53.033 +54 49 10.02 W R92
2025-10-18 01:42:34 B 00 09 50.143 +54 48 59.40 W R92
2025-10-18 19:05:13 B 00 07 06.934 +54 38 45.24 W R92
2025-10-18 19:27:06 B 00 07 03.461 +54 38 32.39 W R92
2025-10-18 19:49:05 B 00 06 59.983 +54 38 19.43 W R92
2025-10-23 08:33:00 C 23 51 45.977 +53 26 38.65 V T08
2025-10-23 08:44:51 C 23 51 44.472 +53 26 29.87 V T08
2025-10-23 08:47:29 C 23 51 44.162 +53 26 27.85 V T08
2025-10-23 08:51:26 C 23 51 43.637 +53 26 25.04 V T08
2025-10-23 08:58:41 C 23 51 42.715 +53 26 20.04 V T08
2025-10-23 09:05:16 C 23 51 41.813 +53 26 15.36 V T08
2025-10-24 08:20:19 C 23 48 51.694 +53 09 35.03 V T08
2025-10-24 08:24:19 C 23 48 51.163 +53 09 32.29 V T08
2025-10-24 08:32:16 C 23 48 50.198 +53 09 26.53 V T08
2025-10-24 08:47:28 C 23 48 48.365 +53 09 15.26 V T08
2025-10-26 20:54:43 C 23 42 07.13 +52 24 37.7 X C40
2025-10-26 20:57:17 C 23 42 06.86 +52 24 35.7 X C40
2025-10-26 21:02:25 C 23 42 06.32 +52 24 32.1 X C40
2025-10-26 21:04:59 C 23 42 06.04 +52 24 29.9 X C40
2025-10-26 21:07:34 C 23 42 05.77 +52 24 27.7 X C40
2025-10-26 21:10:08 C 23 42 05.48 +52 24 25.7 X C40
2025-10-26 21:12:42 C 23 42 05.22 +52 24 24.0 X C40
2025-10-26 21:15:09 C 23 42 04.96 +52 24 22.1 X C40
2025-10-26 21:17:30 C 23 42 04.74 +52 24 20.1 X C40
2025-10-26 21:19:52 C 23 42 04.47 +52 24 18.4 X C40
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)