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
2010-07-06 23:27:27 S 03 36 02.03 -57 08 37.3 L C51
2010-07-07 05:48:29 S 03 37 21.03 -57 11 33.9 L C51
2010-07-07 08:59:00 S 03 38 00.47 -57 13 03.0 L C51
2010-07-07 15:20:02 S 03 39 19.38 -57 15 57.2 L C51
2010-07-07 21:41:04 S 03 40 38.15 -57 18 49.2 L C51
2010-07-08 00:51:35 S 03 41 17.53 -57 20 15.5 L C51
2010-07-08 07:12:37 S 03 42 36.130 -57 23 05.57 L C51
2010-07-08 13:33:39 S 03 43 54.80 -57 25 56.0 L C51
2010-07-08 16:44:10 S 03 44 34.10 -57 27 19.5 L C51
2010-07-08 19:54:42 S 03 45 13.445 -57 28 41.23 L C51
2010-07-08 23:05:12 S 03 45 52.52 -57 30 06.5 L C51
2010-07-09 05:26:15 S 03 47 11.08 -57 32 52.1 L C51
2010-07-09 08:36:46 S 03 47 50.251 -57 34 14.92 L C51
2010-07-09 14:57:48 S 03 49 08.50 -57 36 58.2 L C51
2010-07-09 14:57:59 S 03 49 08.73 -57 36 56.4 L C51
2010-07-09 18:08:19 S 03 49 47.69 -57 38 18.6 L C51
2010-07-09 18:08:30 S 03 49 47.67 -57 38 18.9 L C51
2010-07-09 21:19:01 S 03 50 26.78 -57 39 38.9 L C51
2010-07-10 00:29:32 S 03 51 05.87 -57 40 59.6 L C51
2010-07-10 06:50:34 S 03 52 23.93 -57 43 39.0 L C51
2010-07-10 16:22:07 S 03 54 20.93 -57 47 36.2 L C51
2010-07-10 19:32:38 S 03 54 59.98 -57 48 54.1 L C51
2010-07-10 22:43:09 S 03 55 38.89 -57 50 12.9 L C51
2010-07-11 00:18:19 S 03 55 58.26 -57 50 51.4 L C51
2010-07-11 05:04:11 S 03 56 56.70 -57 52 47.7 L C51
2010-07-11 06:39:21 S 03 57 16.094 -57 53 26.16 L C51
2010-07-11 06:39:32 S 03 57 16.04 -57 53 26.5 L C51
2010-07-11 08:14:42 S 03 57 35.53 -57 54 04.4 L C51
2010-07-11 13:00:34 S 03 58 33.74 -57 55 59.1 L C51
2010-07-11 14:35:44 S 03 58 53.10 -57 56 37.5 L C51
2010-07-11 16:11:05 S 03 59 12.52 -57 57 14.8 L C51
2010-07-11 17:46:15 S 03 59 31.94 -57 57 53.4 L C51
2010-07-11 19:21:36 S 03 59 51.34 -57 58 31.2 L C51
2010-07-11 20:56:46 S 04 00 10.62 -57 59 09.3 L C51
2010-07-11 22:32:07 S 04 00 30.08 -57 59 46.7 L C51
2010-07-12 00:07:17 S 04 00 49.49 -58 00 24.2 L C51
2010-07-12 01:42:39 S 04 01 08.77 -58 01 01.4 L C51
2010-07-12 06:28:20 S 04 02 06.70 -58 02 52.5 L C51
2010-07-12 12:49:22 S 04 03 24.18 -58 05 21.7 L C51
2010-07-12 14:24:43 S 04 03 43.42 -58 05 57.8 L C51
2010-07-12 15:59:53 S 04 04 02.58 -58 06 34.9 L C51
2010-07-12 17:35:14 S 04 04 22.04 -58 07 11.0 L C51
2010-07-12 19:10:24 S 04 04 41.25 -58 07 47.9 L C51
2010-07-12 20:45:45 S 04 05 00.42 -58 08 24.0 L C51
2010-07-12 22:20:55 S 04 05 19.91 -58 09 01.0 L C51
2010-07-12 23:56:16 S 04 05 38.99 -58 09 37.4 L C51
2010-07-13 06:17:18 S 04 06 56.04 -58 12 01.9 L C51
2010-07-13 07:52:28 S 04 07 15.33 -58 12 38.0 L C51
2010-07-13 07:52:39 S 04 07 15.25 -58 12 38.0 L C51
2010-07-13 09:27:49 S 04 07 34.57 -58 13 13.4 L C51
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)