2023 VD6

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.6826688096 ± 7.17e-08
Semi-major axis (a)2.4265155177 AU ± 5.92e-07
Inclination (i)2.01425567° ± 3.20e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)101.12353969° ± 3.17e-05
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)49.09412984° ± 3.40e-05
Mean Anomaly (M)172.25725413° ± 6.21e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.2607580152°/day ± 9.54e-08
Perihelion dist (q)0.77000906 AU ± 2.56e-07
Aphelion dist (Q)4.08302198 AU ± 1.01e-06
Orbital Period3.77985038 yr ± 1.38e-06
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)21.61
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-06-02
RMS Residual0.206″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.007931 AU
Observations Used263
Radar Obs Used7
Oppositions1
Arc Total2023-2023
First Observation Used2023-10-16
Last Observation Used2023-12-20
Observations (292)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2023-12-18 20:28:40 C 02 34 17.750 +01 40 28.40 W 046
2023-12-18 20:28:59 C 02 34 17.430 +01 40 25.40 W 046
2023-12-18 20:33:35 C 02 34 11.122 +01 43 55.42 V M22
2023-12-18 20:46:26 C 02 34 00.622 +01 38 18.64 V K38
2023-12-18 20:51:42 C 02 33 55.325 +01 37 37.52 V K38
2023-12-18 20:56:58 C 02 33 50.052 +01 36 56.95 V K38
2023-12-18 21:07:44 C 02 33 39.25 +01 35 34.1 V M14
2023-12-18 21:23:57 C 02 33 22.89 +01 33 27.9 V M14
2023-12-18 21:33:09 C 02 33 13.14 +01 32 20.3 X L63
2023-12-18 21:38:36 C 02 33 08.09 +01 31 33.5 V M14
2023-12-18 21:44:02 C 02 33 02.17 +01 30 55.2 X L63
2023-12-18 21:54:45 C 02 32 51.27 +01 29 31.7 X L63
2023-12-19 16:21:16 B 02 12 37.91 -01 14 21.2 X M45
2023-12-19 16:23:42 B 02 12 34.79 -01 14 45.5 X M45
2023-12-19 16:26:02 B 02 12 31.79 -01 15 09.0 X M45
2023-12-19 17:36:35 C 02 11 02.738 -01 26 56.11 X M26
2023-12-19 17:40:02 C 02 10 56.22 -01 27 35.3 V L54
2023-12-19 17:41:42 C 02 10 56.014 -01 27 48.56 X M26
2023-12-19 17:46:51 C 02 10 49.270 -01 28 41.09 X M26
2023-12-19 18:00:41 C 02 10 29.07 -01 31 06.1 V L54
2023-12-19 18:07:47 B 02 10 21.818 -01 32 15.07 V 160
2023-12-19 18:22:30 C 02 09 59.82 -01 34 52.6 V L54
2023-12-19 18:24:33 B 02 09 59.573 -01 35 07.15 V 160
2023-12-19 18:25:12 B 02 09 58.70 -01 35 19.0 W 130
2023-12-19 18:30:45 B 02 09 51.35 -01 36 15.9 W 130
2023-12-19 18:35:47 B 02 09 44.64 -01 37 08.2 W 130
2023-12-19 18:41:50 B 02 09 36.59 -01 38 10.5 W 130
2023-12-19 18:55:57 B 02 09 16.87 -01 36 34.8 Z M49
2023-12-19 18:56:45 B 02 09 15.81 -01 36 42.0 Z M49
2023-12-19 18:57:31 B 02 09 14.75 -01 36 50.5 Z M49
2023-12-19 19:02:44 C 02 09 06.69 -01 41 48.8 V L54
2023-12-19 19:15:47 C 02 08 49.19 -01 44 02.2 V L54
2023-12-19 19:33:12 C 02 08 25.84 -01 47 00.6 V L54
2023-12-19 19:54:26 C 02 08 00.835 -01 51 01.19 V Z80
2023-12-19 20:02:30 C 02 07 49.927 -01 52 25.90 V Z80
2023-12-19 20:10:34 C 02 07 39.002 -01 53 50.68 V Z80
2023-12-19 20:33:07 C 02 07 06.22 -01 57 32.9 q A48
2023-12-19 20:33:44 C 02 07 05.42 -01 57 40.0 q A48
2023-12-19 20:34:21 C 02 07 04.57 -01 57 46.9 q A48
2023-12-20 12:31:17 C 01 43 26.27 -05 04 44.0 V 900
2023-12-20 12:36:46 C 01 43 16.92 -05 05 54.9 V 900
2023-12-20 12:42:15 C 01 43 07.58 -05 07 05.6 V 900
Radar Observations (7)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2023-12-19 01:40:00 715172.694 1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2023-12-19 02:10:00 44495893.659 10 us 8560 -14 -14
2023-12-19 02:40:00 44346690.156 1 us 8560 -14 -14
2023-12-21 00:20:00 505441.95 1 Hz 8560 -14 -14
2023-12-21 00:30:00 32613255.964 1 us 8560 -14 -14
2023-12-22 00:30:00 28642286.219 1 us 8560 -14 -14
2023-12-23 23:30:00 28327390 0.25 us 8560 -14 -14
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m)