Editing 1981 Midas (section)

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox planet
 | minorplanet     = yes
 | name            = 1981 Midas
 | background      = #FFC2E0
 | image           = Midas Arecibo radar 2018 Mar 23.gif
 | image_scale      =
 | caption         = Radar images of Midas by the [[Arecibo Observatory]] in March 2018
 | discovery_ref   = <ref name="jpldata" />
 | discovered      = 6 March 1973
 | discoverer      = [[C. Kowal]]
 | discovery_site  = [[Palomar Observatory|Palomar Obs.]]
 | mpc_name        = (1981) Midas
 | alt_names       = 1973 EA
 | pronounced      = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ai|d|@|s}}<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Midas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204154416/https://www.lexico.com/definition/midas |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2020 |title=Midas |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref>
 | named_after     = [[Midas|Midās]] {{small|(Greek mythology)}}<ref name="springer" />
 | mp_category     = {{Hlist
  | [[Apollo asteroid|Apollo]]
  | [[Near-Earth object|NEO]]
  | [[Potentially hazardous asteroid|PHA]]<ref name="jpldata"/><ref name="MPC-Midas" />
  | [[Venus-crosser asteroid|Venus-crosser]]
  | [[Mars-crosser]]
  }}
 | orbit_ref       = <ref name="jpldata" />
 | epoch           = 4 September 2017 ([[Julian day|JD]]&nbsp;2458000.5)
 | uncertainty     = 0
 | observation_arc = 41.97&nbsp;yr (15,330 days)
 | aphelion        = 2.9307&nbsp;[[Astronomical unit|AU]]
 | perihelion      = 0.6212&nbsp;AU
 | semimajor       = 1.7759&nbsp;AU
 | eccentricity    = 0.6502
 | period          = 2.37&nbsp;[[Julian year (astronomy)|yr]] (864 days)
 | mean_anomaly    = 256.48[[Degree (angle)|°]]
 | mean_motion     = {{Deg2DMS|0.4165|sup=ms}} / day
 | inclination     = 39.833°
 | asc_node        = 356.90°
 | arg_peri        = 267.80°
 | moid            = 0.0045&nbsp;AU (1.8&nbsp;[[Lunar distance (astronomy)|LD]])
 | dimensions      = {{Ubl
  | {{val|1.95|0.07|u=km}}<ref name="AKARI" /><ref name="lcdb" />
  | 3.4&nbsp;km {{small|(outdated)}}<ref name="jpldata" />
  }}
 | rotation        = {{val|5.22|u=h}}<ref name="Mottola-1995a" /><ref name="Torppa-2005" />
 | albedo          = {{Ubl
  | 0.2661 {{small|(derived)}}<ref name="lcdb" />
  | {{val|0.293|0.025}}<ref name="AKARI" />
  }}
 | spectral_type   = {{Hlist
  | [[SMASS classification|SMASS]] {{=}} V<ref name="jpldata" />
  | [[V-type asteroid|V]]<ref name="lcdb" />
  }}
 | abs_magnitude   = {{Ubl
  | 15.18<ref name="Mottola-1995a" />
  | 15.2<ref name="jpldata" />
  | 15.50<ref name="AKARI" />
  | {{val|15.6|0.2}}<ref name="lcdb" /><ref name="Wisniewski-1997" /><ref name="Pravec-2012b" />
  | {{val|15.96|0.23}}<ref name="Veres-2015" />
  }}
}}

'''1981 Midas''', provisional designation {{mp|1973 EA}}, is a vestoid [[asteroid]], classified as a [[near-Earth object]] and [[potentially hazardous asteroid]], approximately 2 kilometers in diameter.<ref name="jpldata"/>

It was discovered on 6 March 1973 by American astronomer [[Charles Kowal]] at [[Palomar Observatory]] in San Diego County, California.<ref name="MPC-Midas" /> It was named after King [[Midas]] from Greek mythology.<ref name="springer" />