2018 VX8

NEO MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.2313067893 ± 2.45e-07
Semi-major axis (a)1.1860717516 AU ± 2.66e-07
Inclination (i)27.80349132° ± 2.30e-05
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)51.91662808° ± 1.84e-06
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)116.95347717° ± 5.25e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)60.80780777° ± 6.38e-04
Mean Motion (n)0.7630374124°/day ± 2.57e-07
Perihelion dist (q)0.91172530 AU ± 3.56e-07
Aphelion dist (Q)1.46041820 AU ± 4.38e-07
Orbital Period1.29171423 yr ± 4.35e-07
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)22.49
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-06-02
RMS Residual0.335″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.004775 AU
Observations Used88
Radar Obs Used4
Oppositions1
Arc Total2018-2019
First Observation Used2018-11-10
Last Observation Used2019-05-16
Observations (89)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2018-11-10 10:23:12 C 03 02 06.321 +05 32 29.70 U F52
2018-11-10 10:41:02 C 03 02 02.495 +05 33 08.31 U F52
2018-11-10 11:16:35 C 03 01 54.896 +05 34 24.68 U F52
2018-11-11 05:48:04 C 02 58 03.86 +06 14 49.8 V I52
2018-11-11 05:53:02 C 02 58 02.82 +06 15 02.1 V I52
2018-11-11 05:58:00 C 02 58 01.76 +06 15 12.3 V I52
2018-11-11 06:02:58 C 02 58 00.64 +06 15 22.2 V I52
2018-11-11 06:08:15 C 02 57 59.56 +06 15 35.1 V G96
2018-11-11 06:15:40 C 02 57 57.94 +06 15 51.6 V G96
2018-11-11 06:23:06 C 02 57 56.22 +06 16 07.6 V G96
2018-11-11 06:30:33 C 02 57 54.60 +06 16 24.5 V G96
2018-11-11 10:26:33 C 02 57 04.320 +06 25 13.34 V 568
2018-11-11 10:27:55 C 02 57 04.025 +06 25 16.32 V 568
2018-11-11 10:29:18 C 02 57 03.721 +06 25 19.36 V 568
2018-11-11 22:56:44 C 02 54 24.60 +06 52 57.2 V L01
2018-11-11 22:58:54 C 02 54 24.14 +06 53 02.2 V L01
2018-11-11 23:02:01 C 02 54 23.50 +06 53 09.1 V L01
2018-11-12 05:53:11 C 02 52 55.79 +07 08 41.2 V I52
2018-11-12 05:55:45 C 02 52 55.06 +07 08 47.7 V I52
2018-11-12 05:58:55 C 02 52 54.32 +07 08 54.9 V I52
2018-11-12 06:00:43 C 02 52 53.94 +07 08 58.8 V I52
2018-11-14 00:01:44 C 02 43 39.47 +08 45 38.3 V 204
2018-11-14 00:21:00 C 02 43 35.03 +08 46 23.5 V 204
2018-11-14 00:40:39 C 02 43 30.54 +08 47 09.3 V 204
2018-11-14 05:15:30 C 02 42 29.69 +08 57 57.0 u H21
2018-11-14 05:25:39 C 02 42 27.38 +08 58 21.0 u H21
2018-11-14 05:35:27 C 02 42 25.07 +08 58 44.1 u H21
2018-11-15 23:02:59 C 02 32 59.62 +10 37 50.2 V K91
2018-11-15 23:09:30 C 02 32 58.07 +10 38 05.8 V K91
2018-11-15 23:13:25 C 02 32 57.15 +10 38 15.4 V K91
2018-11-16 05:40:19 C 02 31 29.04 +10 53 13.3 V I52
2018-11-16 05:42:06 C 02 31 28.70 +10 53 18.3 V I52
2018-11-16 05:43:54 C 02 31 28.23 +10 53 22.0 V I52
2018-11-16 05:45:42 C 02 31 27.77 +10 53 26.5 V I52
2018-11-16 05:55:33 C 02 31 24.82 +10 53 47.0 u H21
2018-11-16 06:12:59 C 02 31 20.68 +10 54 28.8 u H21
2018-11-16 06:30:45 C 02 31 17.08 +10 55 15.4 o 291
2018-11-16 06:33:53 C 02 31 16.33 +10 55 23.0 o 291
2018-11-16 06:35:39 C 02 31 15.30 +10 55 23.2 u H21
2018-11-16 06:37:05 C 02 31 15.57 +10 55 30.7 o 291
2018-11-17 04:15:13 C 02 26 15.63 +11 47 45.7 V I52
2018-11-17 04:17:37 C 02 26 14.98 +11 47 51.2 V I52
2018-11-17 04:20:01 C 02 26 14.43 +11 47 57.5 V I52
2018-11-17 04:22:25 C 02 26 13.89 +11 48 02.6 V I52
2018-11-17 09:27:42 C 02 25 00.54 +12 00 22.3 o 291
2018-11-17 09:32:00 C 02 24 59.51 +12 00 32.6 o 291
2018-11-17 09:36:19 C 02 24 58.47 +12 00 43.0 o 291
2018-11-18 03:48:02 C 02 20 45.35 +12 44 56.1 V I52
2018-11-18 03:51:37 C 02 20 44.45 +12 45 04.6 V I52
2018-11-18 03:58:49 C 02 20 42.71 +12 45 21.9 V I52
Radar Observations (4)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2019-05-11 08:50:00 121958.0461 0.1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
2019-05-11 09:02:00 18078353.5 4 us 2380 -1 -1
2019-05-11 10:07:00 17885435.68 0.5 us 2380 -1 -1
2019-05-11 10:07:00 114603.2883 0.1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)