2012 US68

NEO ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.9580024760 ± 3.88e-08
Semi-major axis (a)2.5016715858 AU ± 1.92e-07
Inclination (i)25.74500198° ± 2.84e-05
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)40.51778246° ± 1.71e-05
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)190.79908407° ± 2.52e-05
Mean Anomaly (M)143.91746624° ± 1.33e-04
Mean Motion (n)0.2490960452°/day ± 2.87e-08
Perihelion dist (q)0.10506401 AU ± 9.74e-08
Aphelion dist (Q)4.89827916 AU ± 3.89e-07
Orbital Period3.95681225 yr ± 4.56e-07
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)18.33
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-06-01
RMS Residual0.235″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.171288 AU
Observations Used61
Oppositions6
Arc Total2012-2020
First Observation Used2012-10-18
Last Observation Used2020-10-11
Observations (62)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2012-10-18 09:17:44 c 02 40 56.234 +10 45 12.01 L F51
2012-10-18 09:39:34 c 02 40 54.074 +10 45 05.03 L F51
2012-10-18 10:01:23 c 02 40 51.901 +10 44 58.20 L F51
2012-10-18 10:23:23 c 02 40 49.711 +10 44 51.08 L F51
2012-10-19 06:32:03 C 02 38 51.77 +10 38 25.9 o H01
2012-10-19 06:42:27 C 02 38 50.75 +10 38 22.6 o H01
2012-10-19 06:57:32 C 02 38 49.26 +10 38 17.9 o H01
2012-10-19 07:07:19 C 02 38 48.28 +10 38 14.7 o H01
2012-10-20 08:11:46 C 02 36 22.10 +10 30 17.1 o H01
2012-10-20 08:20:42 C 02 36 21.22 +10 30 13.9 o H01
2012-10-20 08:28:16 C 02 36 20.48 +10 30 11.8 o H01
2012-10-20 08:51:50 C 02 36 18.16 +10 30 04.1 o H01
2012-10-20 23:06:42 C 02 34 55.75 +10 25 32.5 t 204
2012-10-20 23:51:54 C 02 34 51.34 +10 25 18.0 t 204
2012-10-21 07:13:44 C 02 34 08.80 +10 22 58.4 o 291
2012-10-21 07:17:51 C 02 34 08.38 +10 22 58.2 o 291
2012-10-21 07:21:57 C 02 34 08.02 +10 22 56.3 o 291
2012-10-21 07:26:20 C 02 34 07.43 +10 22 54.7 v H21
2012-10-21 07:54:57 C 02 34 04.63 +10 22 45.7 v H21
2012-10-23 04:04:26 C 02 29 52.05 +10 08 50.5 o 291
2012-10-23 04:09:40 C 02 29 51.58 +10 08 48.6 o 291
2012-10-23 07:53:15 C 02 29 30.07 +10 07 38.7 o H01
2012-10-23 08:06:03 C 02 29 28.84 +10 07 34.6 o H01
2012-10-23 08:17:19 C 02 29 27.77 +10 07 31.1 o H01
2012-10-23 08:38:54 C 02 29 25.69 +10 07 24.3 o H01
2012-11-09 04:19:53 C 01 55 23.26 +08 13 37.2 u H21
2012-11-09 04:37:42 C 01 55 21.96 +08 13 32.8 u H21
2012-11-09 04:56:27 C 01 55 20.57 +08 13 28.7 u H21
2012-11-13 04:38:23 C 01 48 48.68 +07 52 11.6 u H21
2012-11-13 05:02:11 C 01 48 47.14 +07 52 06.6 u H21
2012-11-13 05:26:16 C 01 48 45.55 +07 52 01.3 u H21
2012-12-14 09:23:53 C 01 19 54.194 +06 41 46.87 t 568
2016-01-03 20:28:18 C 02 32 10.12 +31 49 10.2 t 950
2016-01-03 20:30:16 C 02 32 10.02 +31 49 09.3 t 950
2016-01-03 20:32:15 C 02 32 09.92 +31 49 08.5 t 950
2016-01-03 20:34:14 C 02 32 09.77 +31 49 07.6 t 950
2016-01-03 20:36:13 C 02 32 09.68 +31 49 07.0 t 950
2016-01-03 20:40:10 C 02 32 09.44 +31 49 05.2 t 950
2016-01-03 20:42:08 C 02 32 09.32 +31 49 04.3 t 950
2016-10-07 07:44:10 C 03 06 39.10 +13 09 39.5 u H21
2016-10-07 07:55:51 C 03 06 38.08 +13 09 36.3 u H21
2016-10-07 08:06:04 C 03 06 37.20 +13 09 33.4 u H21
2016-10-22 06:59:25 C 02 35 08.34 +11 27 28.5 u H21
2016-10-22 07:09:21 C 02 35 07.46 +11 27 26.0 u H21
2016-10-22 07:31:15 C 02 35 05.52 +11 27 19.3 u H21
2019-11-24 03:52:48 C 03 59 57.31 +37 51 37.0 u H21
2019-11-24 04:06:03 C 03 59 55.87 +37 51 37.7 u H21
2019-12-02 05:15:59 C 03 40 04.31 +37 29 22.6 V V06
2019-12-02 05:21:41 C 03 40 03.63 +37 29 21.8 V V06
2019-12-02 05:27:23 C 03 40 03.08 +37 29 20.7 V V06