2012 QG42

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.3744934283 ± 2.93e-08
Semi-major axis (a)1.0257494058 AU ± 1.80e-09
Inclination (i)6.80830323° ± 1.05e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)344.76625830° ± 8.60e-07
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)116.19428088° ± 2.03e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)182.04251951° ± 1.20e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.9487468895°/day ± 2.49e-09
Perihelion dist (q)0.64161299 AU ± 3.00e-08
Aphelion dist (Q)1.40988582 AU ± 3.01e-08
Orbital Period1.03887169 yr ± 2.73e-09
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)20.90
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-06-01
RMS Residual0.278″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.013397 AU
Observations Used2023
Radar Obs Used8
Oppositions1
Arc Total2012-2019
First Observation Used2012-08-26
Last Observation Used2019-05-11
Observations (2170)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2012-09-09 21:38:57 C 22 26 44.19 -01 12 48.5 o A92
2012-09-09 21:42:08 C 22 26 40.97 -01 12 28.9 o A92
2012-09-09 21:45:19 C 22 26 37.63 -01 12 09.0 o A92
2012-09-09 21:49:57 C 22 26 32.28 -01 11 47.6 14.6 c 583
2012-09-09 21:50:20 C 22 26 31.90 -01 11 45.1 14.6 c 583
2012-09-09 21:50:35 C 22 26 32.32 -01 11 35.9 o A92
2012-09-09 21:50:48 C 22 26 31.42 -01 11 42.3 14.6 c 583
2012-09-09 21:53:45 C 22 26 29.13 -01 11 17.5 o A92
2012-09-09 21:54:58 C 22 26 27.23 -01 11 16.4 14.2 c 583
2012-09-09 21:55:20 C 22 26 26.84 -01 11 14.3 14.8 c 583
2012-09-09 21:55:48 C 22 26 26.36 -01 11 11.2 14.4 c 583
2012-09-09 21:59:59 C 22 26 22.16 -01 10 45.6 14.3 c 583
2012-09-09 22:00:21 C 22 26 21.78 -01 10 43.3 14.5 c 583
2012-09-09 22:00:52 C 22 26 21.25 -01 10 40.1 14.7 c 583
2012-09-09 22:04:03 C 22 26 23.07 -01 10 34.6 u C23
2012-09-09 22:13:01 C 22 26 14.05 -01 09 39.4 u C23
2012-09-09 22:14:20 C 22 26 11.00 -01 09 24.1 o 246
2012-09-09 22:14:45 C 22 26 12.29 -01 09 28.6 u C23
2012-09-09 22:15:04 C 22 26 10.26 -01 09 19.3 o 246
2012-09-09 22:15:37 C 22 26 09.73 -01 09 16.1 o 246
2012-09-09 22:18:13 C 22 26 08.80 -01 09 07.2 u C23
2012-09-09 22:24:35 C 22 26 02.33 -01 08 27.4 u C23
2012-09-09 22:29:13 C 22 25 57.66 -01 07 58.7 u C23
2012-09-09 22:33:50 C 22 25 52.97 -01 07 29.9 u C23
2012-09-09 22:36:09 C 22 25 50.64 -01 07 15.5 u C23
2012-09-09 22:38:28 C 22 25 48.27 -01 07 00.9 u C23
2012-09-09 22:41:21 C 22 25 45.33 -01 06 42.9 u C23
2012-09-09 23:28:10 C 22 24 50.78 -01 01 29.4 u C40
2012-09-09 23:29:22 C 22 24 49.56 -01 01 21.8 u C40
2012-09-09 23:30:33 C 22 24 48.38 -01 01 14.4 u C40
2012-09-09 23:31:44 C 22 24 47.16 -01 01 06.8 u C40
2012-09-09 23:32:55 C 22 24 45.94 -01 00 59.2 u C40
2012-09-09 23:34:06 C 22 24 44.74 -01 00 51.9 u C40
2012-09-09 23:35:18 C 22 24 43.52 -01 00 44.3 u C40
2012-09-09 23:36:29 C 22 24 42.32 -01 00 36.7 u C40
2012-09-09 23:37:40 C 22 24 41.11 -01 00 29.4 u C40
2012-09-09 23:38:53 C 22 24 39.88 -01 00 21.8 u C40
2012-09-09 23:40:05 C 22 24 38.66 -01 00 14.1 u C40
2012-09-09 23:41:15 C 22 24 37.46 -01 00 06.7 u C40
2012-09-09 23:42:27 C 22 24 36.25 -00 59 58.8 u C40
2012-09-09 23:43:38 C 22 24 35.04 -00 59 51.4 u C40
2012-09-09 23:44:50 C 22 24 33.82 -00 59 44.0 u C40
2012-09-09 23:46:01 C 22 24 32.62 -00 59 36.4 u C40
2012-09-09 23:47:12 C 22 24 31.40 -00 59 28.8 u C40
2012-09-09 23:49:35 C 22 24 29.00 -00 59 13.8 u C40
2012-09-09 23:50:46 C 22 24 27.77 -00 59 06.4 u C40
2012-09-09 23:56:55 C 22 24 21.51 -00 58 27.4 u C40
2012-09-09 23:58:06 C 22 24 20.28 -00 58 19.9 u C40
2012-09-10 00:04:02 C 22 24 14.23 -00 57 41.7 u C40
2012-09-10 00:05:14 C 22 24 13.05 -00 57 33.9 u C40
Radar Observations (8)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2012-09-13 05:10:00 196289.173 1.5 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2012-09-13 05:30:00 191811.549 1.5 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2012-09-13 05:40:00 20011910.94 10 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-09-13 06:10:00 19972738.03 2 us 8560 -14 -14
2012-09-14 21:37:00 -36649.1704 0.03 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2012-09-14 21:39:00 19502873.69 4 us 2380 -1 -1
2012-09-15 21:09:00 21746337.13 1.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2012-09-15 21:16:00 -84331.3341 0.05 Hz 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)