2018 FT3

First observed at Mt. Lemmon 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: Aten
Near-Earth Object

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epoch2019-04-27.0
epoch JD2458600.5
perihelion date2019-07-02.80568
perihelion JD2458667.30568
argument of perihelion (°)173.27489
ascending node (°)185.88323
inclination (°)3.09035
eccentricity0.1706830
perihelion distance (AU)0.7486821
Tisserand w.r.t. Jupiter6.6
ΔV w.r.t. Earth (km/sec)5.8
semimajor axis (AU)0.9027695
mean anomaly (°)283.23700
mean daily motion (°/day)1.14904900
aphelion distance (AU)1.057
period (years)0.86
P-vector [x]0.99987460
P-vector [y]-0.01583646
P-vector [z]0.00001513
Q-vector [x]0.01484109
Q-vector [y]0.93736183
Q-vector [z]0.34804101
absolute magnitude26.8
phase slope0.15
uncertainty7
referenceMPO 439053
observations used26
oppositions1
arc length (days)6
first opposition used2018
last opposition used2018
residual rms (arc-secs)0.32
perturbers coarse indicatorM-v
perturbers precise indicator003Eh
first observation date used2018-03-20.0
last observation date used2018-03-26.0
computer nameMPCLINUX
JD of orbit computation2458203.960734
perihelion JD uncertainty (days)2.3520E-02
argument of perihelion uncertainty (°)4.6646E-03
ascending node uncertainty (°)6.9875E-04
inclination uncertainty (°)2.9895E-03
eccentricity uncertainty 1.4545E-04
perihelion distance uncertainty (AU)1.8765E-04
Minimum Orbit Intersection Distances (in AU)
for orbit epoch: 2458600.5, reference: MPO439053
Mercury0.37208
Venus0.04076
Earth0.02871
Mars0.56642
Jupiter4.19152
Saturn8.17012
Uranus17.1836
Neptune29.1165

Observations

26 total observations over interval: 2018 03 20.32286 – 2018 03 26.21758
These data are available for download (format description).

Date (UT) J2000 RA J2000 Dec Magn Location Ref
2018 03 20.32286 11 59 22.12 -06 27 20.0 21.8 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.32800 11 59 20.04 -06 26 54.0 21.1 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.33314 11 59 18.00 -06 26 28.0 20.8 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.33828 11 59 15.91 -06 26 01.6 22.0 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.41971 11 58 43.29 -06 19 01.3 21.0 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.42132 11 58 42.66 -06 18 52.6 21.5 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.42294 11 58 42.04 -06 18 44.3 21.2 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.42456 11 58 41.36 -06 18 36.1 21.3 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.47446 11 58 31.36 -06 11 25.6 21.1 R 474 – Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo MPS 876237
2018 03 20.47802 11 58 29.92 -06 11 07.4 21.2 R 474 – Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo MPS 876237
2018 03 20.48158 11 58 28.54 -06 10 48.8 20.8 R 474 – Mount John Observatory, Lake Tekapo MPS 876237
2018 03 21.26322 11 53 50.43 -05 06 16.5 21.2 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 21.26984 11 53 47.73 -05 05 41.8 20.5 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 21.27318 11 53 46.40 -05 05 24.5 21.0 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 22.17188 11 48 23.85 -03 44 06.3 21.2 V 807 – Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena MPS 876237
2018 03 22.172177 11 48 25.80 -03 46 48.2 21.1 V H21 – Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield MPS 876237
2018 03 22.17745 11 48 21.54 -03 43 36.7 20.9 V 807 – Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena MPS 876237
2018 03 22.178280 11 48 23.32 -03 46 16.0 21.0 V H21 – Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield MPS 876237
2018 03 22.18308 11 48 19.22 -03 43 06.9 21.3 V 807 – Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena MPS 876237
2018 03 22.185250 11 48 20.51 -03 45 38.9 21.1 V H21 – Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield MPS 876237
2018 03 22.25381 11 47 55.84 -03 39 20.9 21.1 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 22.25712 11 47 54.49 -03 39 03.5 20.6 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 22.26043 11 47 53.16 -03 38 46.0 20.6 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 26.20397 11 24 17.81 +02 16 15.5 21.3 G 807 – Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena MPS 878940
2018 03 26.21089 11 24 15.03 +02 16 52.4 21.4 G 807 – Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena MPS 878940
2018 03 26.21758 11 24 12.37 +02 17 28.3 21.5 G 807 – Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena MPS 878940