1981 Midas

Also known as Midas

asteroid

Key facts

Discovered by: C. Kowal
Discovery site: Palomar Obs.
Discovery date: 6 March 1973
Pronunciation: / ˈ m aɪ d ə s /
Named after: Midās (Greek mythology)
Alternative designations: 1973 EA
Minor planet category: Apollo NEO PHA Venus-crosser Mars-crosser
Observation arc: 41.97 yr (15,330 days)
Aphelion: 2.9307 AU
Perihelion: 0.6212 AU
Semi major axis: 1.7759 AU
Orbital period sidereal: 2.37 yr (864 days)
Mean anomaly: 256.48 °
Mean motion: 0° 24 59.4 / day
Inclination: 39.833°
Longitude of ascending node: 356.90°
Argument of perihelion: 267.80°
Earth moid: 0.0045 AU (1.8 LD )

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Diameter: 3.4
Orbital period: 864.6940102926742

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provisional designation: 1973 EA
time of discovery or invention: 1973-03-06
orbital inclination: 39.82338344237591
orbital eccentricity: 0.6504955479969629
periapsis: 0.6208147993756601
apoapsis: 2.931728212982107
semi-major axis of an orbit: 1.776271506178883
mean anomaly: 65.3475410784993
longitude of ascending node: 356.7939163392253
argument of periapsis: 267.8442371586622
absolute magnitude: 15.25
Commons category: 1981 Midas
rotation period: 5.22
time of periapsis: 2460843.5399240055

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1981 Midas, provisional designation 1973 EA, is a vestoid asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 6 March 1973 by American astronomer Charles Kowal at Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California. It was named after King Midas from Greek mythology.