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
2012-09-04 00:28:48 C 23 34 31.35 -08 18 55.8 u C23
2012-09-04 00:30:23 C 23 34 30.96 -08 18 53.2 u C23
2012-09-04 00:31:58 C 23 34 30.59 -08 18 50.7 u C23
2012-09-04 00:33:33 C 23 34 30.14 -08 18 49.1 u C23
2012-09-04 00:35:08 C 23 34 29.74 -08 18 46.7 u C23
2012-09-04 00:36:42 C 23 34 29.37 -08 18 43.8 u C23
2012-09-04 04:29:44 C 23 33 38.43 -08 12 56.3 u H21
2012-09-04 04:31:52 C 23 33 37.86 -08 12 53.2 u H21
2012-09-04 04:34:41 C 23 33 37.11 -08 12 49.1 u H21
2012-09-04 04:37:10 C 23 33 36.46 -08 12 45.5 u H21
2012-09-04 04:40:00 C 23 33 35.71 -08 12 41.5 u H21
2012-09-04 04:45:18 C 23 33 34.30 -08 12 34.0 u H21
2012-09-04 04:47:46 C 23 33 33.64 -08 12 30.5 u H21
2012-09-04 04:51:39 C 23 33 32.61 -08 12 25.1 u H21
2012-09-04 06:27:10 C 23 33 09.61 -08 10 07.9 15.3 r 718
2012-09-04 06:37:48 C 23 33 06.75 -08 09 52.3 15.3 r 718
2012-09-04 06:48:26 C 23 33 03.87 -08 09 37.2 15.3 r 718
2012-09-04 11:31:42 C 23 31 57.08 -07 59 55.3 o E10
2012-09-04 11:32:53 C 23 31 56.76 -07 59 53.5 o E10
2012-09-04 11:33:56 C 23 31 56.47 -07 59 52.0 o E10
2012-09-04 11:34:58 C 23 31 56.18 -07 59 50.4 o E10
2012-09-04 14:45:13 C 23 31 01.739 -07 54 58.49 r E12
2012-09-04 14:45:44 C 23 31 01.590 -07 54 57.66 r E12
2012-09-04 14:46:15 C 23 31 01.434 -07 54 56.89 r E12
2012-09-04 20:38:03 C 23 29 33.12 -07 48 15.1 u C23
2012-09-04 20:39:38 C 23 29 32.65 -07 48 13.3 u C23
2012-09-04 20:41:13 C 23 29 32.12 -07 48 10.8 u C23
2012-09-04 20:41:40 C 23 29 30.82 -07 48 02.5 o A92
2012-09-04 20:42:47 C 23 29 31.64 -07 48 06.6 u C23
2012-09-04 20:44:22 C 23 29 31.23 -07 48 05.6 u C23
2012-09-04 20:47:31 C 23 29 30.36 -07 48 00.1 u C23
2012-09-04 20:49:06 C 23 29 29.86 -07 47 58.2 u C23
2012-09-04 20:50:52 C 23 29 28.13 -07 47 47.8 o A92
2012-09-04 21:03:29 C 23 29 24.30 -07 47 27.0 o A92
2012-09-04 21:07:54 C 23 29 23.01 -07 47 20.2 o A92
2012-09-04 21:13:50 C 23 29 21.15 -07 47 08.9 o A92
2012-09-04 21:20:11 C 23 29 19.33 -07 46 57.9 o A92
2012-09-04 21:25:49 C 23 29 17.56 -07 46 49.5 o A92
2012-09-04 21:32:10 C 23 29 15.68 -07 46 39.4 o A92
2012-09-04 21:38:09 C 23 29 13.89 -07 46 29.5 o A92
2012-09-04 21:46:36 C 23 29 16.68 -07 45 42.3 t 954
2012-09-04 22:11:40 C 23 29 09.23 -07 45 01.1 t 954
2012-09-04 23:16:33 C 23 28 49.62 -07 43 15.4 t 954
2012-09-04 23:57:10 C 23 28 37.02 -07 42 07.6 t 954
2012-09-05 04:09:23 C 23 27 26.49 -07 35 01.4 q H45
2012-09-05 04:11:21 C 23 27 25.87 -07 34 58.1 q H45
2012-09-05 04:12:51 C 23 27 25.38 -07 34 55.6 q H45
2012-09-05 04:14:18 C 23 27 24.94 -07 34 53.1 q H45
2012-09-05 04:15:40 C 23 27 24.49 -07 34 50.7 q H45
2012-09-05 04:17:05 C 23 27 24.06 -07 34 48.1 q H45
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)