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
2012-09-06 04:51:18 C 23 19 25.60 -06 46 18.1 u H21
2012-09-06 04:55:21 C 23 19 24.01 -06 46 09.3 u H21
2012-09-06 04:59:23 C 23 19 22.41 -06 46 00.4 u H21
2012-09-06 05:03:25 C 23 19 20.81 -06 45 51.5 u H21
2012-09-06 05:07:28 C 23 19 19.21 -06 45 42.5 u H21
2012-09-06 05:09:53 C 23 19 18.26 -06 45 37.2 u H21
2012-09-06 13:21:16 C 23 16 13.991 -06 23 29.92 r E12
2012-09-06 13:21:47 C 23 16 13.769 -06 23 28.67 r E12
2012-09-06 13:22:19 C 23 16 13.537 -06 23 27.38 r E12
2012-09-06 21:05:01 C 23 13 08.50 -06 07 34.4 u 510
2012-09-06 21:21:14 C 23 13 03.19 -06 06 28.5 c J08
2012-09-06 21:26:45 C 23 12 58.79 -06 06 38.1 u 510
2012-09-06 21:40:25 C 23 12 54.01 -06 05 44.4 w B70
2012-09-06 21:48:29 C 23 12 49.00 -06 05 41.9 u 510
2012-09-06 21:54:30 C 23 12 48.13 -06 05 02.6 c J08
2012-09-06 21:57:28 C 23 12 46.26 -06 05 00.1 w B70
2012-09-06 22:10:13 C 23 12 39.16 -06 04 45.0 u 510
2012-09-06 22:14:32 C 23 12 38.44 -06 04 15.6 w B70
2012-09-06 22:15:06 C 23 12 37.98 -06 04 31.4 t J84
2012-09-06 22:23:06 C 23 12 34.35 -06 04 10.4 t J84
2012-09-06 22:23:08 C 23 12 35.59 -06 03 55.8 w J38
2012-09-06 22:23:51 C 23 12 35.22 -06 03 53.5 w J38
2012-09-06 22:24:14 C 23 12 35.02 -06 03 52.8 w J38
2012-09-06 22:31:05 C 23 12 30.72 -06 03 49.4 t J84
2012-09-06 22:31:57 C 23 12 29.25 -06 03 47.8 u 510
2012-09-06 22:42:42 C 23 12 26.60 -06 03 03.1 w J01
2012-09-06 22:49:58 C 23 12 23.20 -06 02 43.7 w J01
2012-09-06 22:53:41 C 23 12 19.30 -06 02 50.4 u 510
2012-09-06 23:01:03 C 23 12 18.08 -06 02 14.4 w J01
2012-09-06 23:15:25 C 23 12 09.28 -06 01 52.6 u 510
2012-09-06 23:16:36 C 23 12 10.92 -06 01 35.3 w J38
2012-09-06 23:17:13 C 23 12 10.54 -06 01 31.6 w J01
2012-09-06 23:17:18 C 23 12 10.58 -06 01 33.2 w J38
2012-09-06 23:18:18 C 23 12 10.07 -06 01 30.8 w J38
2012-09-06 23:27:03 C 23 12 06.07 -06 01 07.4 w J38
2012-09-06 23:27:24 C 23 12 05.88 -06 01 06.7 w J38
2012-09-06 23:28:07 C 23 12 05.55 -06 01 04.4 w J38
2012-09-06 23:30:56 C 23 12 01.30 -06 00 53.7 v 470
2012-09-06 23:31:46 C 23 12 00.92 -06 00 51.6 v 470
2012-09-06 23:32:35 C 23 12 00.53 -06 00 49.3 v 470
2012-09-06 23:33:25 C 23 12 00.14 -06 00 47.1 v 470
2012-09-06 23:37:09 C 23 11 59.23 -06 00 54.7 u 510
2012-09-06 23:58:53 C 23 11 49.15 -05 59 56.3 u 510
2012-09-07 00:20:37 C 23 11 39.02 -05 58 57.7 u 510
2012-09-07 00:42:21 C 23 11 28.88 -05 57 58.5 u 510
2012-09-07 01:47:15 C 23 10 58.02 -05 54 50.8 t 204
2012-09-07 01:48:16 C 23 10 57.54 -05 54 48.2 t 204
2012-09-07 01:49:16 C 23 10 57.07 -05 54 45.3 t 204
2012-09-07 01:50:16 C 23 10 56.59 -05 54 42.6 t 204
2012-09-07 01:51:16 C 23 10 56.12 -05 54 39.8 t 204
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)