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Asteroid 1981 Midas (1973 EA) in the constellation Gemini makes its closest approach to the Earth (34.9 lunar distances, 0.0895 AU) on the 21st March 2018 @ 21:20 UT.

Magnitude: 12.6 V



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Asteroid (1981) Midas in the constellation Lynx reaches magnitude +12.3 at 05:30 UT, 19th March 2018. 

Distance to Earth: 0.098 AU (38.3 lunar distances)



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Asteroid (1981) Midas makes its closest approach to the Earth (0.508 AU) on the 23rd February, 2011.

Ephemeris
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2011 02 18    17 01 06.0 -26 51 03   0.5205  0.9642    72.0    77.1    16.3
2011 02 19    17 10 27.1 -28 19 27   0.5162  0.9532    70.8    78.4    16.3
2011 02 20    17 20 13.4 -29 46 38   0.5129  0.9423    69.7    79.7    16.3
2011 02 21    17 30 25.1 -31 12 01   0.5104  0.9313    68.4    80.9    16.3
2011 02 22    17 41 02.0 -32 34 55   0.5089  0.9205    67.2    82.1    16.3
2011 02 23    17 52 03.6 -33 54 40   0.5082  0.9096    66.0    83.4    16.3
2011 02 24    18 03 28.7 -35 10 37   0.5085  0.8988    64.7    84.5    16.4
2011 02 25    18 15 15.8 -36 22 07   0.5098  0.8881    63.5    85.6    16.4
2011 02 26    18 27 22.8 -37 28 37   0.5120  0.8774    62.2    86.7    16.4
2011 02 27    18 39 46.8 -38 29 33   0.5151  0.8668    61.0    87.7    16.4
2011 02 28    18 52 24.9 -39 24 30   0.5191  0.8562    59.8    88.6    16.5


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The asteroid 1981 Midas was discovered on March 6, 1973 by Charles T. Kowal at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Midas, the king of Phrygia in Greek mythology who turned objects to gold when he touched them. Midas is an Apollo asteroid, a Venus and Mars-crosser asteroid with an orbital period of 2 years, 134 days.
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Ephemeris
JD 2455568.5 (2011 01 07 00:00 UT)    13:53:35.54    +11:45:51.8    18.17
JD 2455573.5 (2011 01 12 00:00 UT)    14:06:16.59    +09:24:34.8    17.97
JD 2455578.5 (2011 01 17 00:00 UT)    14:20:03.27    +06:41:24.1    17.76
JD 2455583.5 (2011 01 22 00:00 UT)    14:35:19.35    +03:30:00.7    17.54
JD 2455588.5 (2011 01 27 00:00 UT)    14:52:38.15     -00:17:25.8    17.33
JD 2455593.5 (2011 02 01 00:00 UT)    15:12:46.58     -04:50:04.3    17.12
JD 2455598.5 (2011 02 06 00:00 UT)    15:36:51.77     -10:16:48.4    16.93
JD 2455603.5 (2011 02 11 00:00 UT)    16:06:28.21     -16:41:30.2    16.78
JD 2455608.5 (2011 02 16 00:00 UT)    16:43:38.21     -23:53:02.2    16.70
JD 2455613.5 (2011 02 21 00:00 UT)    17:30:25.55     -31:12:04.8    16.71
JD 2455618.5 (2011 02 26 00:00 UT)    18:27:23.30     -37:28:39.7    16.81

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