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
2012-09-14 19:18:08 C 18 09 38.25 +20 44 07.0 u C40
2012-09-14 19:18:13 C 18 09 47.80 +20 44 37.6 t B75
2012-09-14 19:18:26 C 18 09 47.04 +20 44 39.6 t B75
2012-09-14 19:18:40 C 18 09 46.33 +20 44 41.4 t B75
2012-09-14 19:18:41 C 18 09 36.47 +20 44 11.5 u C40
2012-09-14 19:18:53 C 18 09 45.57 +20 44 43.4 t B75
2012-09-14 19:19:06 C 18 09 44.83 +20 44 45.3 t B75
2012-09-14 19:19:15 C 18 09 34.63 +20 44 16.4 u C40
2012-09-14 19:19:19 C 18 09 44.09 +20 44 47.1 t B75
2012-09-14 19:19:32 C 18 09 43.37 +20 44 49.0 t B75
2012-09-14 19:19:48 C 18 09 42.64 +20 44 51.0 t B75
2012-09-14 19:19:49 C 18 09 32.73 +20 44 21.1 u C40
2012-09-14 19:20:01 C 18 09 41.89 +20 44 52.8 t B75
2012-09-14 19:20:14 C 18 09 41.20 +20 44 54.8 t B75
2012-09-14 19:20:21 C 18 09 30.95 +20 44 25.8 u C40
2012-09-14 19:20:26 C 18 09 40.46 +20 44 56.5 t B75
2012-09-14 19:20:39 C 18 09 39.77 +20 44 58.5 t B75
2012-09-14 19:20:52 C 18 09 39.07 +20 45 00.3 t B75
2012-09-14 19:20:55 C 18 09 29.08 +20 44 31.4 u C40
2012-09-14 19:21:04 C 18 09 38.34 +20 45 02.2 t B75
2012-09-14 19:21:17 C 18 09 37.64 +20 45 03.7 t B75
2012-09-14 19:21:18 C 18 09 27.91 +20 44 34.0 u C40
2012-09-14 19:21:31 C 18 09 36.92 +20 45 05.6 t B75
2012-09-14 19:21:43 C 18 09 36.22 +20 45 07.6 t B75
2012-09-14 19:21:51 C 18 09 26.06 +20 44 38.3 u C40
2012-09-14 19:21:55 C 18 09 35.51 +20 45 09.3 t B75
2012-09-14 19:22:09 C 18 09 34.80 +20 45 11.3 t B75
2012-09-14 19:22:22 C 18 09 34.06 +20 45 13.2 t B75
2012-09-14 19:22:35 C 18 09 33.34 +20 45 14.9 t B75
2012-09-14 19:22:47 C 18 09 32.60 +20 45 16.7 t B75
2012-09-14 19:22:59 C 18 09 22.30 +20 44 47.4 u C40
2012-09-14 19:23:00 C 18 09 31.85 +20 45 18.7 t B75
2012-09-14 19:23:14 C 18 09 31.13 +20 45 20.5 t B75
2012-09-14 19:23:27 C 18 09 30.38 +20 45 22.5 t B75
2012-09-14 19:23:32 C 18 09 20.46 +20 44 52.4 u C40
2012-09-14 19:23:40 C 18 09 29.67 +20 45 24.4 t B75
2012-09-14 19:23:53 C 18 09 28.92 +20 45 26.2 t B75
2012-09-14 19:24:06 C 18 09 18.60 +20 44 57.3 u C40
2012-09-14 19:24:08 C 18 09 28.19 +20 45 28.0 t B75
2012-09-14 19:24:22 C 18 09 27.44 +20 45 30.0 t B75
2012-09-14 19:24:35 C 18 09 26.76 +20 45 31.9 t B75
2012-09-14 19:24:39 C 18 09 16.79 +20 45 01.6 u C40
2012-09-14 19:24:46 C 18 09 26.04 +20 45 33.5 t B75
2012-09-14 19:25:00 C 18 09 25.31 +20 45 35.4 t B75
2012-09-14 19:25:13 C 18 09 14.95 +20 45 06.0 u C40
2012-09-14 19:25:13 C 18 09 24.60 +20 45 37.2 t B75
2012-09-14 19:25:26 C 18 09 23.89 +20 45 39.0 t B75
2012-09-14 19:25:38 C 18 09 23.19 +20 45 40.9 t B75
2012-09-14 19:25:45 C 18 09 13.15 +20 45 10.3 u C40
2012-09-14 19:25:52 C 18 09 22.45 +20 45 42.7 t B75
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)