| digest2 score | 79 |
|---|---|
| V magnitude | 20.8 |
| H magnitude | 23.4 |
| Observations | 17 |
| Arc | 2.860 d |
| Not seen | 0.93 d |
| NEOCP note | Updated Sept. 13.30 UT |
| MPC markers | none |
| Discovered by |
J43
Oukaimeden Observatory, Marrakech |
|---|---|
| Telescope | 0.5-m f/3 reflector + CCD |
| Usual observers | C. Rinner |
| Usual measurers | C. Rinner, M. Ory |
| Follow-up from |
I41 Palomar Mountain--ZTF
×3 R48 Centro Astronomico Alto Turia 2 ×3 185 Observatoire Astronomique Jurassien-Vicques ×3 807 Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena ×3 |
Names are the people who usually observe at that site, from Project Pluto's tables. MPC's astrometry records only the observatory code, never the individual, so these are not the observer of this particular object. Automated surveys list a telescope and no people.
| Perihelion q | 1.1313 AU |
|---|---|
| Eccentricity e | 0.1210 |
| Inclination | 35.9° |
| NEO-like | yes |
| Scatteredness | 2″ × 7″ |
| Observed from L01 | no |
| Best altitude | 52.0° at 23:00 UT |
|---|---|
| Exposure | 24.0 min |
| Window | 0 min |
| Alt / Az now | 33.0° / 243.0° |
| Sky motion | 7.51″/min |
| Moon separation | 151° |
| Sun altitude | -23° |
| Ephemeris rows | 16 of 18 usable
belowMask×1, nearSun×1 |
| Variant orbits | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Distinct positions |
18
MPC rounds offsets to whole arcseconds — this cloud is small enough that the rounding dominates |
| Cloud extent | ±1″ RA · ±4″ Dec |
| Scatteredness | 2″ × 7″ |
| L01 field | 2600″ × 2600″ |
| One pointing covers | 100.0% |
Drawn from MPC's own variant-orbit offsets, at the same epoch as
their plot. Each orbit is one
solution consistent with the observations so far; the ring marks the nominal
position, and the field box appears only when it is comparable in size to the
cloud.
Dot size shows how many variants share a position. MPC
publishes these offsets rounded to whole arcseconds, so a tightly constrained
object has thousands of orbits landing on a handful of grid points —
their own picture is drawn from unrounded values and looks smoother. Sizing
by count puts that density back rather than stacking invisible dots. Hover any
dot for its share.
* orA5256 score=79, obs=17, arc=2.86, notSeen=0.93days, obsExposure=24.0min, scatteredness=(2,7), q=1.131273, e=0.121 mapLink=http://cgi.minorplanetcenter.net/cgi-bin/uncertaintymap.cgi?Obj=orA5256&JD=2461297.29167&Ext=VAR2&OC=L01&META=apm11 // 2026 09 13 2300 23 43 18.5 +06 54 42 168.6 20.8 7.45 179.7 353 +52 -41 0.09 153 -50 // 2026 09 14 0230 23 43 19.3 +06 28 31 169.1 20.8 7.51 179.4 063 +33 -23 0.10 151 -55 2026 09 14 0230 23 43 19.3 +06 28 31 169.1 20.8 7.51 179.4 063 +33 -23 0.10 151 -55