Skip Page Navigation
NASA JPL Caltech
NASA Logo - Jet Propulsion Laboratory + View the NASA Portal
+ Center for Near-Earth Object Studies
JPL Home Earth Solar System Stars & Galaxies Technology
JPL Solar System Dynamics
BODIES ORBITS EPHEMERIDES TOOLS PHYSICAL DATA DISCOVERY FAQ SITE MAP
JPL Small-Body Database Browser
Search: [ help ]  
(2018 LU3)
Classification: Amor [NEO]          SPK-ID: 3825157
[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Close-Approach Data ]

[ hide orbit diagram ]

For accurate long-term ephemerides, please instead use our Horizons system.This orbit viewer was implemented using two-body methods, and hence should not be used for determining accurate long-term trajectories (over several years or decades) or planetary encounter circumstances.


Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 17 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .3817072957450481 7.7563e-05  
a 1.733661027067199 0.00023382 au
q 1.071909964686796 1.0104e-05 au
i .5369006003097611 8.3974e-05 deg
node 295.6116001847882 0.00028051 deg
peri 326.7917476440036 0.00032627 deg
M 308.5389897106471 0.06255 deg
tp 2459119.684701641495
(2020-Sep-27.18470164)		 0.16898 TDB
period 833.7670082589736
2.28		 0.16868
0.0004618		 d
yr
n .4317752998547306 8.7352e-05 deg/d
Q 2.395412089447602 0.00032308 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      85  
   data-arc span      89 days  
   first obs. used      2018-06-10  
   last obs. used      2018-09-07  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      6  
   norm. resid. RMS      .45994  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2018-Sep-07 06:58:00  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .0565734 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.69325 au 
 T_jup = 4.068 
[ hide covariance matrix ]
Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458304.5 (2018-Jul-05.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 17 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .381838113029471 7.7611e-05  
q 1.071754038028225 9.9434e-06 au
tp 2458285.703297016629
(2018-Jun-16.20329702)		 0.00027955 TDB
node 295.6589655108997 0.00028042 deg
peri 326.6745957189527 0.00031753 deg
i .5369807298844325 8.3999e-05 deg
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      85  
   data-arc span      89 days  
   first obs. used      2018-06-10  
   last obs. used      2018-09-07  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      6  
   norm. resid. RMS      .45994  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2018-Sep-07 06:58:00  

Additional Information
 Jupiter MOID = 2.69325 au 
 T_jup = 4.068 
Orbit Covariance (6×6)
  e q tp node peri i
e 6.023442116620451E-9 7.716931602340977E-10 2.142152616591042E-8 2.721672171499796E-9 -1.171325636949657E-8 6.510697630780041E-9
q 7.716931602340977E-10 9.88711331240095E-11 2.747187336326845E-9 3.497966764506776E-10 -1.499056794782498E-9 8.341457512280027E-10
tp 2.142152616591042E-8 2.747187336326845E-9 7.81464869896724E-8 1.032972688175869E-8 -4.036627968145516E-8 2.316729887957667E-8
node 2.721672171499796E-9 3.497966764506776E-10 1.032972688175869E-8 7.863268621172504E-8 -8.205607651941874E-8 1.938935886974974E-9
peri -1.171325636949657E-8 -1.499056794782498E-9 -4.036627968145516E-8 -8.205607651941874E-8 1.008227587949343E-7 -1.164549453056675E-8
i 6.510697630780041E-9 8.341457512280027E-10 2.316729887957667E-8 1.938935886974974E-9 -1.164549453056675E-8 7.055824438975714E-9

[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Close-Approach Data ]

Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 23.3   n/a E2018M88  

[ hide close-approach data ]
Close-Approach Data   ...sorted by Date/Time (TDB)
Date/Time (TDB) Time Uncertainty
(days_HH:MM)		 Body Nominal Distance (au) Minimum Distance (au) Maximum Distance (au) V-relative (km/s) V-infinity (km/s) JD (TDB) Time Uncertainty (minutes) Semi-major axis (km) Semi-minor axis (km) range-LOV angle (deg) N-sigma BP Orbit Ref. Reference Modified
1900-Mar-22 18:06 6_15:22 Mars 0.0803548537315348 0.0504204521698194 0.164158024567955 7.85396261081456 7.85350896408418 2415101.254424756 9561.84599463513 4670306.24315645 16.7890202842462 38.864512606748 468579.72246147 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
1904-Aug-01 00:29 4_14:25 Earth 0.479238361467542 0.394699965252984 0.563776076948574 17.8785591821911 17.8782482024893 2416693.520146431 6624.95393676759 4215474.82944905 13.6272760085256 -0.17703085692746 12804.5593486448 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
1908-Sep-05 00:53 3_18:14 Mars 0.0748035097082232 0.0612729279530596 0.110648315271607 8.32463351185184 8.32417375196025 2418189.536460043 5414.30244303221 2454702.39897286 19.6248413365475 -54.9970593302848 475416.676761068 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
1920-Jun-21 10:54 3_08:16 Earth 0.0639902965863722 0.0579251256623233 0.0701099057177222 4.81085072731957 4.80218774258627 2422496.953854548 4816.39568027638 317765.923538712 4.6704434291682 17.3670234974372 498383.531417824 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
1936-May-06 21:33 1_18:12 Earth 0.287968589288307 0.262326243435878 0.313615713204178 12.2515757655 12.2508205190823 2428295.397790151 2531.66056768633 1280136.37333487 12.0374699909389 2.7158950949493 126326.969740981 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
1943-Jun-26 00:20 2_18:17 Mars 0.0887500603474176 0.0620326559634161 0.12100784639258 7.66752963884766 7.66710891804977 2430901.514074694 3977.29786734724 1844994.35000196 16.8213328202861 34.7267141579904 473906.088582491 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
1945-Apr-13 17:56 8_15:08 Earth 0.465796327241539 0.428969180969952 0.502539208573747 1.96642955110675 1.96351843524818 2431559.247370010 12427.9015936367 1808270.72012959 26.8172586141334 -10.4826395598558 40152.9015853034 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
1945-Jul-27 09:49 2_18:00 Earth 0.383306352081907 0.337075044260017 0.429537899720349 15.0962466832828 15.0957862104844 2431663.908915131 3959.88167024883 2305423.95754977 11.5090786282284 0.659738175672726 44906.4021746179 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
1951-Dec-13 03:10 3_22:27 Mars 0.0980824000250104 0.0697909586983973 0.134590571576555 7.8353826454564 7.83501011205601 2433993.632063292 5666.80956923965 2157868.44450158 19.7475478504209 -38.7302299933206 482557.622698773 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
1993-Apr-29 20:31 4_18:17 Earth 0.425644718088303 0.338035734790543 0.513263578540975 16.2887595475196 16.2883752370471 2449107.354534143 6857.27259416609 4370148.32880536 16.5207127038795 1.39892213645304 74937.7320341323 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2002-Jul-22 16:40 4_00:38 Earth 0.288967316287477 0.229999876454242 0.347945055480667 12.3405590605711 12.3398118518269 2452478.194258477 5797.70668319621 2941982.70658583 9.62123208823969 1.80233267036945 107347.235041948 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2018-Jun-24 19:26 < 00:01 Earth 0.0665934263600236 0.0665584896383794 0.0666283629631926 4.96718020544774 4.9591185608335 2458294.309793797 0.168992791340836 1736.50118720625 3.80959829403772 -0.0839533960467932 3122.41621593952 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2034-May-28 04:46 9_01:10 Earth 0.0950500189105257 0.0508315170396688 0.13967315793724 6.00496630716729 6.00029628996017 2464110.698621592 13030.0363359424 2236597.4377779 5.62510519406402 7.43189368720301 218584.557474532 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2050-May-06 05:05 4_07:51 Earth 0.3325696411438 0.262247279292913 0.40291426105687 13.5781991557621 13.5776090946177 2469932.712020869 6231.04530711891 3509870.09236354 13.577948087835 2.25855320283236 110283.333110441 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2059-Jul-29 04:06 4_04:12 Earth 0.377144889863785 0.307071762967566 0.447218782134845 14.9446358401627 14.9441630965593 2473303.670987115 6012.3520881499 3494385.31612288 11.1787870518569 0.701929905010208 48331.4959351366 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2075-Jul-10 05:46 6_15:25 Earth 0.134363048413108 0.082640341349167 0.186324491138299 7.44004667267682 7.4373808291093 2479128.739967929 9565.15140047026 2600545.82942629 6.32809344918488 5.99865559283866 239802.41821097 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2091-Jun-06 13:48 1_00:53 Earth 0.0653568887093233 0.0631808905792743 0.0675334523910247 4.92249977817174 4.91421079821649 2484939.075185074 1493.23513808612 108945.535838223 4.27058242292676 6.13617871242504 161735.7382482 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2093-Dec-22 00:28 01:32 Mars 0.0588301837763859 0.0576596072472789 0.0600748944568884 9.46922593148691 9.46871200229314 2485868.519643804 91.6474609845836 120313.852035763 17.1515891560647 -59.9451403686244 437361.036812054 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2107-May-07 07:32 2_14:58 Earth 0.341188314828208 0.29739616601444 0.384988204366707 13.8851048437851 13.8845424016598 2490751.813898522 3777.62927248629 2185433.49334878 14.0390349373855 2.19707046008264 107088.656889788 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2116-Jul-28 19:25 4_01:38 Earth 0.35346450279323 0.285890076330618 0.421041464365184 14.2437303235221 14.2432010856959 2494122.309320642 5858.04585088183 3370057.25609209 10.8603224044311 0.987977533314651 65231.1942102753 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2148-May-28 21:41 9_19:24 Earth 0.100198978743317 0.0471369981154487 0.15383221796462 6.24338919478693 6.23912853491666 2505749.403213860 14124.24505808 2686886.04036467 5.65201156330429 7.19767311163961 222423.982198252 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2164-May-05 13:55 1_11:15 Earth 0.374474192827503 0.350232123368793 0.398717356361047 14.8383357223284 14.8378561961867 2511570.079570264 2114.85065352885 1209302.57915667 15.1929896502067 1.60946254725114 80873.5408808322 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2164-Aug-13 06:02 6_12:54 Earth 0.457882173919472 0.438001733141395 0.477498437719412 1.18164968094812 1.17671478848798 2511669.751126749 9413.49331497646 840311.093134498 20.9438255524872 -20.9300272990634 37186.7676951163 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2169-Mar-15 23:59 2_21:38 Mars 0.0550748814121029 0.0507689288035821 0.0834005739996232 8.56059855762708 8.55999131271031 2513345.499371871 4177.76464893398 2235034.46573346 17.1395363804431 67.1937972246766 447522.761844832 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
2173-Jul-28 01:54 5_00:45 Earth 0.323009615924552 0.244307170420705 0.401718727921367 13.3728197311398 13.3722028749433 2514940.578849681 7244.52547494697 3925421.08705488 10.2456343237591 1.22700644084584 77673.9474530766 T 17 CATAB v2.0e-lin.ifort 2018-Sep-07 06:58:03 2018-Dec-11 17:21
[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Close-Approach Data ]
ABOUT SSD CREDITS/AWARDS PRIVACY/COPYRIGHT GLOSSARY LINKS
FirstGov 2021-Jan-17 13:45 UT
(server date/time)   		NASA Home Page
Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park
Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin