2018 RC

NEO MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.2195273119 ± 5.90e-08
Semi-major axis (a)0.8826405034 AU ± 4.13e-08
Inclination (i)1.72248351° ± 2.04e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)344.73635497° ± 5.46e-06
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)140.46554226° ± 2.26e-05
Mean Anomaly (M)126.04208536° ± 2.65e-04
Mean Motion (n)1.1886021099°/day ± 8.35e-08
Perihelion dist (q)0.68887681 AU ± 6.13e-08
Aphelion dist (Q)1.07640420 AU ± 7.25e-08
Orbital Period0.82923148 yr ± 5.82e-08
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)24.93
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-06-02
RMS Residual0.462″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeAten
MOID0.000336 AU
Observations Used220
Radar Obs Used5
Oppositions1
Arc Total2018-2018
First Observation Used2018-09-03
Last Observation Used2018-09-11
Observations (227)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2018-09-09 00:55:00 C 22 44 24.99 -20 57 27.8 r Y00
2018-09-09 00:55:25 C 22 44 20.00 -20 57 54.3 r Y00
2018-09-09 01:40:50 C 22 35 01.56 -21 45 09.9 r Y00
2018-09-09 01:42:49 C 22 34 36.07 -21 47 14.4 r Y00
2018-09-09 01:43:39 C 22 34 25.55 -21 48 05.6 r Y00
2018-09-09 01:44:33 C 22 34 13.89 -21 49 02.1 r Y00
2018-09-09 01:45:01 C 22 34 08.03 -21 49 30.6 r Y00
2018-09-09 07:39:37 C 21 05 09.484 -28 49 03.60 V T12
2018-09-09 07:40:40 C 21 04 47.014 -28 50 01.85 V T12
2018-09-09 07:41:54 C 21 04 20.481 -28 51 10.26 V T12
2018-09-09 07:42:45 C 21 04 02.587 -28 51 56.18 V T12
2018-09-09 09:39:21 C 20 23 54.43 -28 39 25.2 V 474
2018-09-09 09:39:53 C 20 23 42.03 -28 39 42.6 V 474
2018-09-09 09:40:15 C 20 23 33.75 -28 39 54.1 V 474
2018-09-09 09:40:47 C 20 23 21.37 -28 40 11.4 V 474
2018-09-09 10:00:06 C 20 11 47.841 -30 17 57.58 V T12
2018-09-09 10:01:03 C 20 11 25.683 -30 18 14.31 V T12
2018-09-09 10:01:59 C 20 11 03.276 -30 18 31.11 V T12
2018-09-09 10:02:59 C 20 10 39.497 -30 18 48.67 V T12
2018-09-11 07:30:02 C 14 13 15.00 -05 47 34.5 V 474
2018-09-11 07:32:38 C 14 13 11.36 -05 47 06.6 V 474
2018-09-11 07:34:48 C 14 13 08.27 -05 46 43.6 V 474
2018-09-11 07:35:44 C 14 13 06.93 -05 46 33.5 V 474
2018-09-11 07:37:35 C 14 13 04.38 -05 46 13.9 V 474
2018-09-11 08:03:14 C 14 12 29.22 -05 41 44.7 V 474
2018-09-11 08:04:11 C 14 12 27.97 -05 41 33.8 V 474
2018-09-11 08:05:08 C 14 12 26.71 -05 41 24.1 V 474
Radar Observations (5)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2018-09-06 11:10:00 277280.035 10 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2018-09-06 11:20:00 276360.183 5 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2018-09-06 11:30:00 8975476.58 10 us 8560 -14 -14
2018-09-06 11:50:00 8936987.87 2 us 8560 -14 -14
2018-09-06 12:20:00 8879697.28 0.1 us 8560 -14 -14
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m)