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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- near-Earth asteroid
- Named after
- Midas
- Followed by
- 1982 Cline
- Follows
- 1980 Tezcatlipoca
- Parent body
- Sun
- Minor-planet group
- asteroid belt
- Diameter
- 3.4
- Orbital period
- 864.6940102926742
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- discoverer or inventor
- Charles T. Kowal
- site of astronomical discovery
- Palomar Observatory
- 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
- asteroid spectral type
- V-type asteroid
- time of periapsis
- 2460843.5399240055
- epoch
- November 21, 2025
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