3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA)

NEO ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.7072875786 ± 8.71e-09
Semi-major axis (a)4.2696278542 AU ± 8.61e-09
Inclination (i)31.05177834° ± 2.42e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)349.96695975° ± 3.67e-06
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)316.49470978° ± 3.90e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)308.25968398° ± 1.98e-06
Mean Motion (n)0.1117190519°/day ± 3.38e-10
Perihelion dist (q)1.24977311 AU ± 3.73e-08
Aphelion dist (Q)7.28948260 AU ± 4.00e-08
Orbital Period8.82236527 yr ± 2.67e-08
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)13.03
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-05-31
RMS Residual0.245″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeAmor
MOID0.341299 AU
Observations Used1481
Oppositions38
Arc Total1983-2026
First Observation Used1983-09-10
Last Observation Used2026-04-08
Observations (1612)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2009-05-02 02:04:41 C 12 20 24.03 -50 57 17.4 r I21
2009-05-02 02:31:51 C 12 20 20.95 -50 57 22.4 r I21
2009-05-02 02:45:44 C 12 20 19.35 -50 57 24.2 r I21
2009-05-02 12:54:26 C 12 19 11.56 -50 59 04.8 r E12
2009-05-02 13:06:42 C 12 19 10.16 -50 59 06.3 r E12
2009-05-02 13:19:16 C 12 19 08.76 -50 59 08.4 r E12
2009-05-02 13:31:33 C 12 19 07.35 -50 59 10.3 r E12
2009-05-14 08:09:13 C 11 49 43.56 -51 10 45.5 r 432
2009-05-14 08:29:51 C 11 49 41.57 -51 10 44.7 r 432
2009-05-14 08:51:03 C 11 49 39.52 -51 10 43.4 r 432
2009-05-15 09:51:16 C 11 47 20.22 -51 08 56.6 r 432
2009-05-15 10:10:06 C 11 47 18.43 -51 08 55.1 r 432
2009-05-15 10:28:52 C 11 47 16.66 -51 08 53.5 r 432
2009-05-31 22:58:53 C 11 19 46.14 -50 09 12.1 r I32
2009-05-31 23:00:42 C 11 19 46.04 -50 09 11.8 r I32
2009-05-31 23:02:30 C 11 19 45.92 -50 09 11.9 r I32
2009-05-31 23:46:30 C 11 19 43.94 -50 09 03.9 c 808
2009-05-31 23:55:00 C 11 19 43.52 -50 09 02.4 c 808
2009-06-01 00:02:59 C 11 19 43.13 -50 09 01.0 c 808
2009-06-01 00:11:00 C 11 19 42.76 -50 08 59.2 c 808
2009-06-02 00:11:30 C 11 18 39.62 -50 04 42.7 c 808
2009-06-02 00:17:29 C 11 18 39.33 -50 04 41.6 c 808
2009-06-02 00:23:30 C 11 18 39.06 -50 04 40.5 c 808
2009-06-02 00:29:30 C 11 18 38.79 -50 04 39.4 c 808
2009-06-11 08:34:30 C 11 12 13.71 -49 29 18.5 r 432
2009-06-11 08:56:06 C 11 12 13.30 -49 29 15.3 r 432
2009-06-11 09:17:09 C 11 12 12.92 -49 29 12.6 r 432
2009-06-12 08:05:21 C 11 11 54.25 -49 26 21.0 r 432
2009-06-12 08:30:56 C 11 11 53.86 -49 26 17.6 r 432
2009-06-12 08:53:01 C 11 11 53.50 -49 26 14.7 r 432
2009-06-23 08:00:37 C 11 12 37.21 -49 08 02.9 r 432
2009-06-23 08:15:43 C 11 12 37.44 -49 08 02.6 r 432
2009-06-23 08:31:03 C 11 12 37.66 -49 08 02.4 r 432
2009-07-07 00:47:57 C 11 24 20.89 -49 33 49.4 r I21
2009-07-07 00:59:16 C 11 24 21.45 -49 33 50.8 r I21
2009-07-07 01:08:27 C 11 24 21.82 -49 33 52.6 r I21
2009-07-08 23:41:06 C 11 26 59.56 -49 42 21.0 r I21
2009-07-08 23:59:54 C 11 27 00.62 -49 42 24.7 r I21
2009-07-09 00:10:26 C 11 27 01.22 -49 42 25.8 r I20
2009-07-09 00:14:17 C 11 27 01.44 -49 42 26.4 r I21
2009-07-09 00:17:37 C 11 27 01.63 -49 42 27.0 r I20
2009-07-09 00:24:09 C 11 27 02.00 -49 42 28.1 r I20
2009-07-11 23:04:15 C 11 31 29.97 -49 57 34.8 r I21
2009-07-12 01:38:14 C 11 31 40.15 -49 58 07.9 r I21
2009-07-17 00:49:35 C 11 40 35.02 -50 29 40.8 r I20
2009-07-17 00:57:50 C 11 40 35.69 -50 29 43.0 r I20
2009-07-17 01:05:44 C 11 40 36.34 -50 29 45.2 r I20
2009-07-17 09:24:35 C 11 41 17.73 -50 32 15.5 r 432
2009-07-17 10:06:41 C 11 41 21.16 -50 32 27.1 r 432
2009-07-20 08:06:08 C 11 47 30.89 -50 54 39.4 r 432