2018 FQ3
First observed at Catalina Sky Survey
on 2018-03-20.
(Discoverer will be defined when the object is numbered.
See
this note
on how discoverers are determined.)
Orbit
Orbit type: Apollo
Near-Earth Object
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| epoch | 2019-04-27.0 |
| epoch JD | 2458600.5 |
| perihelion date | 2018-02-13.32541 |
| perihelion JD | 2458162.82541 |
| argument of perihelion (°) | 314.25052 |
| ascending node (°) | 179.00782 |
| inclination (°) | 7.88512 |
| eccentricity | 0.5108369 |
| perihelion distance (AU) | 0.8968301 |
| Tisserand w.r.t. Jupiter | 3.8 |
| ΔV w.r.t. Earth (km/sec) | 6.4 |
|
| semimajor axis (AU) | 1.8333969 |
| mean anomaly (°) | 173.76826 |
| mean daily motion (°/day) | 0.39702620 |
| aphelion distance (AU) | 2.770 |
| period (years) | 2.48 |
| P-vector [x] | -0.68540626 |
| P-vector [y] | 0.70105132 |
| P-vector [z] | 0.19683827 |
| Q-vector [x] | -0.72815699 |
| Q-vector [y] | -0.66076685 |
| Q-vector [z] | -0.18213884 |
| absolute magnitude | 28.6 |
| phase slope | 0.15 |
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| JD of orbit computation | 2458200.065628 |
| perihelion JD uncertainty (days) | 2.1018E-04 |
| argument of perihelion uncertainty (°) | 1.3786E-04 |
| ascending node uncertainty (°) | 1.6459E-05 |
| inclination uncertainty (°) | 1.7825E-04 |
| eccentricity uncertainty | 1.3359E-05 |
| perihelion distance uncertainty (AU) | 1.8986E-06 |
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Minimum Orbit Intersection Distances (in AU) for orbit epoch: 2458600.5, reference: MPO439053
| Mercury | 0.5662 |
| Venus | 0.21236 |
| Earth | 0.00162 |
| Mars | 0.10744 |
| Jupiter | 2.32195 |
| Saturn | 7.14086 |
| Uranus | 16.8619 |
| Neptune | 27.276 |
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Observations
18 total observations over interval:
2018 03 20.38429 – 2018 03 22.460367
These data are available for
download
(
format description).
| Date (UT) |
J2000 RA |
J2000 Dec |
Magn |
Location |
Ref |
| 2018 03 20.38429 |
13 44 48.51 |
+00 51 41.5 |
18.7 G |
703 – Catalina Sky Survey |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 20.39476 |
13 44 58.77 |
+00 58 41.9 |
19.1 G |
703 – Catalina Sky Survey |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 20.39999 |
13 45 03.69 |
+01 02 06.9 |
18.8 G |
703 – Catalina Sky Survey |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 20.41952 |
13 45 21.96 |
+01 14 36.6 |
19.1 G |
I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 20.41997 |
13 45 22.44 |
+01 14 53.5 |
18.7 G |
I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 20.42043 |
13 45 22.86 |
+01 15 10.5 |
18.5 G |
I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 20.42088 |
13 45 23.30 |
+01 15 27.9 |
19.3 G |
I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 21.45915 |
13 57 43.38 |
+07 09 46.3 |
20.8 G |
G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 21.45956 |
13 57 43.43 |
+07 09 50.5 |
20.3 G |
G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 21.45996 |
13 57 43.49 |
+07 09 55.2 |
20.5 G |
G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 21.46037 |
13 57 43.58 |
+07 09 59.4 |
20.8 G |
G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 22.41600 |
14 02 13.99 |
+09 12 57.7 |
21.1 G |
V06 – Catalina Sky Survey-Kuiper |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 22.41853 |
14 02 14.07 |
+09 13 11.1 |
21.0 G |
V06 – Catalina Sky Survey-Kuiper |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 22.42106 |
14 02 14.19 |
+09 13 24.7 |
21.3 G |
V06 – Catalina Sky Survey-Kuiper |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 22.439049 |
14 02 13.53 |
+09 14 47.5 |
21.2 G |
H01 – Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 22.441412 |
14 02 13.64 |
+09 14 59.9 |
21.5 G |
H01 – Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 22.453747 |
14 02 14.23 |
+09 16 03.3 |
20.6 G |
H01 – Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro |
MPS 876236 |
| 2018 03 22.460367 |
14 02 14.58 |
+09 16 37.2 |
20.6 G |
H01 – Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro |
MPS 876236 |