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
2012-09-13 19:51:33 C 19 25 42.35 +16 13 48.1 t B75
2012-09-13 19:51:46 C 19 25 41.64 +16 13 51.1 t B75
2012-09-13 19:51:57 C 19 25 40.92 +16 13 54.5 t B75
2012-09-13 19:52:11 C 19 25 40.20 +16 13 57.6 t B75
2012-09-13 19:52:25 C 19 25 39.59 +16 14 00.1 t B75
2012-09-13 19:52:38 C 19 25 38.83 +16 14 03.1 t B75
2012-09-13 19:53:03 C 19 25 37.40 +16 14 09.0 t B75
2012-09-13 19:53:17 C 19 25 36.70 +16 14 12.3 t B75
2012-09-13 19:53:30 C 19 25 36.01 +16 14 15.4 t B75
2012-09-13 19:53:44 C 19 25 35.26 +16 14 18.5 t B75
2012-09-13 19:54:27 C 19 25 32.89 +16 14 28.4 t B75
2012-09-13 19:54:40 C 19 25 32.19 +16 14 31.4 t B75
2012-09-13 19:54:54 C 19 25 31.46 +16 14 34.6 t B75
2012-09-13 19:55:07 C 19 25 30.82 +16 14 37.4 t B75
2012-09-13 19:55:20 C 19 25 30.09 +16 14 40.5 t B75
2012-09-13 19:55:47 C 19 25 28.64 +16 14 46.9 t B75
2012-09-13 19:56:00 C 19 25 27.94 +16 14 49.5 t B75
2012-09-13 19:56:13 C 19 25 27.24 +16 14 52.4 t B75
2012-09-13 19:56:24 C 19 25 26.54 +16 14 55.5 t B75
2012-09-13 19:56:39 C 19 25 25.86 +16 14 58.4 t B75
2012-09-13 19:56:53 C 19 25 25.13 +16 15 01.4 t B75
2012-09-13 19:57:06 C 19 25 24.41 +16 15 04.6 t B75
2012-09-13 19:57:19 C 19 25 23.70 +16 15 07.5 t B75
2012-09-13 19:57:31 C 19 25 22.89 +16 15 11.2 t B75
2012-09-13 19:57:44 C 19 25 22.27 +16 15 13.7 t B75
2012-09-13 19:57:58 C 19 25 21.56 +16 15 16.6 t B75
2012-09-13 19:58:11 C 19 25 20.87 +16 15 19.5 t B75
2012-09-13 19:58:23 C 19 25 20.15 +16 15 22.6 t B75
2012-09-13 19:58:36 C 19 25 19.44 +16 15 25.4 t B75
2012-09-13 20:03:14 C 19 25 04.49 +16 16 27.3 u 204
2012-09-13 20:04:43 C 19 24 59.82 +16 16 47.0 u 204
2012-09-13 20:05:44 C 19 24 59.21 +16 17 32.3 u B74
2012-09-13 20:06:13 C 19 24 57.66 +16 17 38.9 u B74
2012-09-13 20:06:25 C 19 24 54.23 +16 17 10.5 u 204
2012-09-13 20:08:15 C 19 24 48.30 +16 17 35.7 u 204
2012-09-13 20:09:37 C 19 24 46.63 +16 18 25.5 u B74
2012-09-13 20:10:07 C 19 24 42.33 +16 18 00.9 u 204
2012-09-13 20:12:14 C 19 24 35.45 +16 18 30.0 u 204
2012-09-13 20:12:33 C 19 24 37.12 +16 19 05.7 u B74
2012-09-13 20:13:03 C 19 24 35.51 +16 19 12.6 u B74
2012-09-13 20:15:32 C 19 24 27.48 +16 19 46.6 u B74
2012-09-13 20:24:44 C 19 23 57.59 +16 21 52.4 u B74
2012-09-13 20:24:59 C 19 23 56.75 +16 21 55.9 u B74
2012-09-13 20:28:48 C 19 23 44.39 +16 22 47.6 u B74
2012-09-13 20:29:04 C 19 23 43.52 +16 22 51.4 u B74
2012-09-13 20:31:43 C 19 23 38.13 +16 23 15.9 w J38
2012-09-13 20:32:01 C 19 23 37.19 +16 23 19.9 w J38
2012-09-13 20:32:06 C 19 23 36.90 +16 23 21.0 w J38
2012-09-13 20:37:33 C 19 23 19.18 +16 24 35.4 w J38
2012-09-13 20:38:19 C 19 23 16.70 +16 24 46.0 w J38
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)