(468861) 2013LU28


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Object

Object (468861) 2013LU28
Diameter(1) 106 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur?
Absolute magnitude 8.49
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 191.972907 ± 0.025163 au
Eccentricity 0.954454588 ± 0.000005870
Inclination 125.339348049 ± 0.000007667 °
Longitude of ascending node 276.016182 ± 0.000025 °
Argument of perihelia 152.902585 ± 0.000225 °
Mean anomaly 359.748086 ± 0.000051 °
Orbital period 2659.92 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 468861_2013LU28_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 2013-06-08
Date of last observation 2023-03-21
Number of observations used in the fit 1175
Number of rejected observations 5
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 853
Number of unpublished observations 327
RMS of observations 0.274 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2022-01 0.038 0.037
2022-07 0.041 0.037
2023-01 0.055 0.045
2023-07 0.076 0.067
2024-01 0.101 0.084
2024-07 0.131 0.141
2025-01 0.198 0.217
2025-07 0.201 0.263
2026-01 0.311 0.421

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL27 in right ascension (weighted by cos δ) and in declination.
Gray area represents the 1-σ uncertainty of NIMA ephemeris. Green dots represent the DES observations.