2018 FU3

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: Amor
Near-Earth Object

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epoch2019-04-27.0
epoch JD2458600.5
perihelion date2018-04-15.81083
perihelion JD2458224.31083
argument of perihelion (°)211.03377
ascending node (°)359.52099
inclination (°)3.86102
eccentricity0.5099584
perihelion distance (AU)1.0096910
Tisserand w.r.t. Jupiter3.6
ΔV w.r.t. Earth (km/sec)5.9
semimajor axis (AU)2.0604191
mean anomaly (°)125.36514
mean daily motion (°/day)0.33325030
aphelion distance (AU)3.111
period (years)2.96
P-vector [x]-0.86113392
P-vector [y]-0.45153036
P-vector [z]-0.23359946
Q-vector [x]0.50837786
Q-vector [y]-0.76534863
Q-vector [z]-0.39470675
absolute magnitude26.2
phase slope0.15
uncertainty5
referenceMPO 439054
observations used24
oppositions1
arc length (days)7
first opposition used2018
last opposition used2018
residual rms (arc-secs)0.38
perturbers coarse indicatorM-v
perturbers precise indicator003Eh
first observation date used2018-03-20.0
last observation date used2018-03-27.0
computer nameMPCLINUX
JD of orbit computation2458204.961437
perihelion JD uncertainty (days)6.4380E-04
argument of perihelion uncertainty (°)6.5434E-04
ascending node uncertainty (°)6.5878E-05
inclination uncertainty (°)3.4904E-04
eccentricity uncertainty 6.0707E-05
perihelion distance uncertainty (AU)2.6046E-06
Minimum Orbit Intersection Distances (in AU)
for orbit epoch: 2458600.5, reference: MPO439054
Mercury0.56991
Venus0.29481
Earth0.02733
Mars0.04764
Jupiter1.85933
Saturn6.19821
Uranus16.5909
Neptune26.785

Observations

24 total observations over interval: 2018 03 20.34352 – 2018 03 27.38745
These data are available for download (format description).

Date (UT) J2000 RA J2000 Dec Magn Location Ref
2018 03 20.34352 12 27 17.38 -03 23 58.1 20.9 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.34866 12 27 19.86 -03 24 40.5   G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.35380 12 27 22.24 -03 25 22.5 20.8 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.35894 12 27 24.73 -03 26 04.0 21.4 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.41553 12 27 51.99 -03 33 50.2 21.2 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.41628 12 27 52.35 -03 33 56.3 20.8 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.41821 12 27 53.28 -03 34 12.4 20.9 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 20.41896 12 27 53.67 -03 34 18.8 21.1 G G96 – Mt. Lemmon Survey MPS 876237
2018 03 21.30807 12 36 15.17 -05 43 06.3 20.0 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 21.30972 12 36 16.05 -05 43 21.1 19.9 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 21.31138 12 36 16.91 -05 43 36.2 20.6 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 21.31303 12 36 17.81 -05 43 51.2 20.2 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 21.95132 12 42 48.31 -07 24 40.9 20.2 V 033 – Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Tautenburg MPS 876237
2018 03 21.95420 12 42 50.01 -07 25 09.1 19.8 V 033 – Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Tautenburg MPS 876237
2018 03 22.25629 12 46 01.97 -08 11 51.9 20.9 G 807 – Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena MPS 876237
2018 03 22.26158 12 46 05.19 -08 12 45.1 20.9 G 807 – Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena MPS 876237
2018 03 22.26668 12 46 08.29 -08 13 35.8 21.0 G 807 – Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena MPS 876237
2018 03 22.35218 12 47 06.32 -08 30 36.0 20.8 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 22.35342 12 47 07.08 -08 30 48.7 21.5 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 22.35466 12 47 07.78 -08 31 01.8 20.4 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 876237
2018 03 27.38169 14 03 44.90 -25 45 31.6 20.7 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 878940
2018 03 27.38361 14 03 47.05 -25 45 58.4 20.1 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 878940
2018 03 27.38553 14 03 49.23 -25 46 26.2 20.6 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 878940
2018 03 27.38745 14 03 51.33 -25 46 51.5 20.7 G I52 – Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station MPS 878940