(468861) 2013LU28


This object has a more recent orbit available here

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 191.973209 ± 0.024398 au
Eccentricity 0.954454661 ± 0.000005695
Inclination 125.339348805 ± 0.000007618 °
Longitude of ascending node 276.016189 ± 0.000023 °
Argument of perihelia 152.902589 ± 0.000214 °
Mean anomaly 359.748086 ± 0.000049 °
Orbital period 2659.92 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 468861_2013LU28_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 2013-06-08
Date of last observation 2023-05-23
Number of observations used in the fit 1296
Number of rejected observations 7
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 968
Number of unpublished observations 335
RMS of observations 0.273 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv7 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2022-01 0.037 0.036
2022-07 0.033 0.034
2023-01 0.050 0.041
2023-07 0.059 0.057
2024-01 0.080 0.071
2024-07 0.108 0.122
2025-01 0.166 0.188
2025-07 0.173 0.233
2026-01 0.274 0.377

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL28 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.