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
2010-07-13 12:38:20 S 04 08 12.89 -58 14 24.1 L C51
2010-07-13 14:13:41 S 04 08 32.11 -58 15 00.2 L C51
2010-07-13 15:48:51 S 04 08 51.24 -58 15 35.6 L C51
2010-07-13 17:24:12 S 04 09 10.45 -58 16 10.3 L C51
2010-07-13 20:34:43 S 04 09 48.76 -58 17 21.2 L C51
2010-07-13 22:09:53 S 04 10 07.97 -58 17 57.1 L C51
2010-07-13 23:45:14 S 04 10 27.19 -58 18 31.8 L C51
2010-07-14 01:20:24 S 04 10 46.28 -58 19 06.9 L C51
2010-07-14 06:06:16 S 04 11 43.62 -58 20 51.2 L C51
2010-07-14 07:41:26 S 04 12 02.80 -58 21 26.1 L C51
2010-07-14 09:16:47 S 04 12 21.93 -58 22 00.7 L C51
2010-07-14 14:02:28 S 04 13 19.23 -58 23 43.8 L C51
2010-07-14 15:37:49 S 04 13 38.18 -58 24 17.2 L C51
2010-07-14 17:12:59 S 04 13 57.25 -58 24 52.7 L C51
2010-07-14 18:48:20 S 04 14 16.457 -58 25 26.51 L C51
2010-07-14 20:23:30 S 04 14 35.32 -58 26 00.5 L C51
2010-07-14 21:58:51 S 04 14 54.35 -58 26 34.6 L C51
2010-07-15 01:09:23 S 04 15 32.46 -58 27 42.2 L C51
2010-07-15 05:55:04 S 04 16 29.501 -58 29 22.85 L C51
2010-07-15 07:30:25 S 04 16 48.55 -58 29 56.6 L C51
2010-07-15 09:05:35 S 04 17 07.50 -58 30 30.3 L C51
2010-07-15 09:05:46 S 04 17 07.54 -58 30 29.4 L C51
2010-07-15 12:16:06 S 04 17 45.422 -58 31 36.98 L C51
2010-07-15 12:16:17 S 04 17 45.430 -58 31 35.36 L C51
2010-07-15 13:51:27 S 04 18 04.32 -58 32 08.9 L C51
2010-07-15 15:26:48 S 04 18 23.35 -58 32 42.4 L C51
2010-07-15 17:01:58 S 04 18 42.173 -58 33 13.39 L C51
2010-07-15 18:37:19 S 04 19 01.20 -58 33 49.0 L C51
2010-07-15 20:12:29 S 04 19 20.05 -58 34 20.6 L C51
2010-07-15 21:47:50 S 04 19 39.12 -58 34 53.9 L C51
2010-07-15 23:23:00 S 04 19 57.92 -58 35 27.2 L C51
2010-07-16 00:58:21 S 04 20 16.86 -58 35 59.3 L C51
2010-07-16 05:44:02 S 04 21 13.51 -58 37 36.5 L C51
2010-07-16 07:19:23 S 04 21 32.31 -58 38 08.5 L C51
2010-07-16 08:54:33 S 04 21 51.17 -58 38 41.9 L C51
2010-07-16 13:40:25 S 04 22 47.72 -58 40 18.2 L C51
2010-07-16 15:15:35 S 04 23 06.44 -58 40 50.0 L C51
2010-07-16 16:50:56 S 04 23 25.31 -58 41 21.2 L C51
2010-07-16 18:26:06 S 04 23 44.02 -58 41 53.6 L C51
2010-07-16 20:01:27 S 04 24 02.79 -58 42 25.4 L C51
2010-07-16 21:36:37 S 04 24 21.73 -58 42 57.4 L C51
2010-07-16 23:11:58 S 04 24 40.50 -58 43 28.7 L C51
2010-07-17 00:47:08 S 04 24 59.25 -58 44 00.0 L C51
2010-07-17 07:08:10 S 04 26 14.26 -58 46 04.6 L C51
2010-07-17 08:43:31 S 04 26 32.93 -58 46 36.7 L C51
2010-07-17 13:29:12 S 04 27 28.93 -58 48 09.6 L C51
2010-07-17 13:29:23 S 04 27 28.96 -58 48 09.3 L C51
2010-07-17 15:04:33 S 04 27 47.69 -58 48 39.8 L C51
2010-07-17 16:39:43 S 04 28 06.19 -58 49 10.4 L C51
2010-07-17 16:39:55 S 04 28 06.379 -58 49 10.16 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)