2102 Tantalus (1975 YA)

NEO PHA MOID ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.2993501212 ± 6.46e-09
Semi-major axis (a)1.2900609716 AU ± 2.87e-10
Inclination (i)64.00517356° ± 3.04e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)94.35226460° ± 4.17e-07
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)61.49851571° ± 2.17e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)347.35567572° ± 1.82e-06
Mean Motion (n)0.6726620417°/day ± 2.24e-10
Perihelion dist (q)0.90388106 AU ± 8.33e-09
Aphelion dist (Q)1.67624088 AU ± 8.34e-09
Orbital Period1.46526223 yr ± 4.88e-10
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)16.00
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-05-31
RMS Residual0.249″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.042239 AU
Observations Used1824
Radar Obs Used1
Gaia Obs Used127
Oppositions13
Arc Total1976-2026
First Observation Used1976-01-04
Last Observation Used2026-04-05
Observations (2255)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2019-12-10 18:31:18 S 11 26 05.426 +07 46 06.49 L C51
2019-12-10 21:39:26 S 11 27 24.194 +08 05 54.92 L C51
2019-12-10 21:39:37 S 11 27 24.293 +08 05 56.65 L C51
2019-12-11 00:47:45 S 11 28 43.862 +08 25 54.80 L C51
2019-12-11 03:56:04 S 11 30 04.310 +08 46 03.94 L C51
2019-12-11 07:04:23 S 11 31 25.589 +09 06 22.68 L C51
2019-12-11 10:12:31 S 11 32 47.599 +09 26 48.59 L C51
2019-12-11 10:12:42 S 11 32 47.676 +09 26 50.39 L C51
2019-12-11 13:20:50 S 11 34 10.507 +09 47 25.48 L C51
2019-12-11 16:29:09 S 11 35 34.243 +10 08 11.36 L C51
2019-12-12 13:03:47 C 11 45 07.02 +12 27 41.1 V T08
2019-12-12 13:14:39 C 11 45 12.14 +12 28 56.6 V T08
2019-12-12 13:32:17 C 11 45 20.47 +12 30 59.3 V T08
2019-12-16 14:44:40 C 12 39 20.54 +24 25 16.8 V T08
2019-12-16 14:48:48 C 12 39 23.15 +24 25 48.0 V T08
2019-12-16 14:57:57 C 12 39 28.89 +24 26 56.3 V T08
2019-12-16 15:16:12 C 12 39 40.35 +24 29 13.0 V T08
2019-12-16 16:00:44 C 12 40 08.34 +24 34 46.2 V T08
2019-12-20 13:14:24 C 13 46 01.31 +35 13 09.0 V T08
2019-12-20 13:19:11 C 13 46 04.94 +35 13 37.7 V T08
2019-12-20 13:26:36 C 13 46 10.57 +35 14 22.2 V T08
2019-12-20 13:40:55 C 13 46 21.44 +35 15 48.0 V T08
2019-12-30 00:28:50 C 16 30 54.52 +46 07 48.0 q 168
2019-12-30 01:08:50 C 16 31 17.83 +46 08 07.9 q 168
2019-12-30 01:56:50 C 16 31 45.76 +46 08 31.1 q 168
2019-12-30 02:52:50 C 16 32 18.13 +46 08 57.3 q 168
2020-03-03 15:23:55 C 20 15 33.48 +28 59 49.7 V T05
2020-03-03 15:32:27 C 20 15 33.86 +28 59 44.7 V T05
2020-03-03 15:37:49 C 20 15 34.12 +28 59 41.7 V T05
2020-03-03 15:47:45 C 20 15 34.57 +28 59 35.1 V T05
2020-03-09 14:36:06 C 20 22 05.48 +27 31 22.7 V T08
2020-03-09 14:40:06 C 20 22 05.71 +27 31 21.0 V T08
2020-03-09 14:50:00 C 20 22 06.10 +27 31 15.0 V T08
2020-03-09 15:06:09 C 20 22 06.77 +27 31 05.1 V T08
2020-03-25 14:49:43 C 20 38 28.97 +23 33 20.7 V T08
2020-03-25 14:55:21 C 20 38 29.17 +23 33 17.7 V T08
2020-03-25 15:06:11 C 20 38 29.63 +23 33 10.7 V T08
2020-03-25 15:18:08 C 20 38 30.07 +23 33 03.1 V T08
2020-03-25 15:32:58 C 20 38 30.58 +23 32 53.6 V T08
2020-04-18 12:35:56 C 20 59 41.51 +16 48 57.1 V T08
2020-04-18 12:41:12 C 20 59 41.69 +16 48 52.6 V T08
2020-04-18 12:50:24 C 20 59 41.98 +16 48 45.5 V T08
2020-04-18 13:04:55 C 20 59 42.43 +16 48 33.0 V T08
2020-04-25 11:22:01 C 21 04 46.46 +14 21 18.0 V G96
2020-04-25 11:28:51 C 21 04 46.63 +14 21 11.8 V G96
2020-04-25 11:35:39 C 21 04 46.82 +14 21 04.9 V G96
2020-04-25 11:42:29 C 21 04 47.00 +14 20 58.5 V G96
2020-04-26 10:17:32 C 21 05 25.23 +13 59 10.4 V 703
2020-04-26 10:26:17 C 21 05 25.44 +13 59 02.7 V 703
2020-04-26 10:35:04 C 21 05 25.62 +13 58 53.5 V 703
Radar Observations (1)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2017-01-04 22:03:00 169565888.79 4 us 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)