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
2018-11-19 05:59:24 C 02 14 34.32 +13 48 41.3 o 695
2018-11-19 06:07:37 C 02 14 32.31 +13 49 01.3 o 695
2018-11-19 06:15:47 C 02 14 30.31 +13 49 21.1 o 695
2018-11-27 04:12:47 C 01 30 12.81 +21 13 59.8 V I52
2018-11-27 04:19:40 C 01 30 11.19 +21 14 14.6 V I52
2018-11-27 04:25:57 C 01 30 09.74 +21 14 28.5 V I52
2018-11-27 04:30:44 C 01 30 08.59 +21 14 38.9 V I52
2018-11-28 05:39:04 C 01 24 32.62 +22 08 48.7 o 291
2018-11-28 05:45:18 C 01 24 31.22 +22 09 01.8 o 291
2018-11-28 05:51:31 C 01 24 29.78 +22 09 15.4 o 291
2018-11-29 01:29:23 C 01 20 14.25 +22 50 28.4 V G96
2018-11-29 01:37:26 C 01 20 12.47 +22 50 45.4 V G96
2018-11-29 01:45:28 C 01 20 10.73 +22 51 02.3 V G96
2018-11-29 01:53:30 C 01 20 08.98 +22 51 20.3 V G96
2018-12-06 00:30:02 C 00 47 01.09 +28 03 11.5 u H21
2018-12-06 00:47:36 C 00 46 57.83 +28 03 41.4 u H21
2018-12-06 01:04:34 C 00 46 54.64 +28 04 09.9 u H21
2018-12-07 01:32:40 C 00 42 36.21 +28 44 16.6 u H21
2018-12-07 01:50:36 C 00 42 33.01 +28 44 45.5 u H21
2018-12-07 02:09:57 C 00 42 29.53 +28 45 16.6 u H21
2018-12-10 00:26:31 C 00 31 00.08 +30 33 15.6 u H21
2018-12-10 00:39:41 C 00 30 57.94 +30 33 35.2 u H21
2018-12-21 03:01:40 C 23 58 02.50 +36 08 02.8 o 695
2018-12-21 03:23:18 C 23 58 00.31 +36 08 25.9 o 695
2018-12-21 03:44:58 C 23 57 58.12 +36 08 49.1 o 695
2019-04-15 11:44:09 C 21 40 34.98 +64 51 54.2 o 695
2019-04-15 11:52:35 C 21 40 34.28 +64 51 53.0 o 695
2019-04-15 12:00:59 C 21 40 33.51 +64 51 51.7 o 695
2019-04-24 10:16:33 C 21 26 00.59 +63 13 40.0 o 695
2019-04-24 10:27:05 C 21 25 59.76 +63 13 33.9 o 695
2019-04-24 10:37:37 C 21 25 58.90 +63 13 27.8 o 695
2019-05-10 12:46:55 S 20 32 06.854 +25 34 24.89 L C51
2019-05-15 08:14:43 C 17 51 34.55 -76 48 27.0 V W88
2019-05-15 08:28:00 C 17 50 40.77 -76 52 05.6 V W88
2019-05-16 07:01:28 C 16 07 12.50 -81 04 17.8 V W87
2019-05-16 07:04:31 C 16 06 55.50 -81 04 35.7 V W87
2019-05-16 07:07:32 C 16 06 38.55 -81 04 52.9 V W87
2019-05-16 07:10:33 C 16 06 21.68 -81 05 10.1 V W87
2019-05-16 07:12:58 C 16 06 08.25 -81 05 24.0 V W87
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)