(21900) Orus
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Object
Object | (21900) Orus |
Diameter(1) | 59 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 10.09 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2459800.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.124205 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.037837072 ± 0.000000016 |
Inclination | 8.468547021 ± 0.000000597 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 258.554262 ± 0.000005 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 180.775313 ± 0.000017 ° |
Mean anomaly | 339.727459 ± 0.000016 ° |
Orbital period | 11.60 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv9 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv9.txt |
bsp file | 21900_Orus_nima_v9.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1951-11-08 |
Date of last observation | 2023-04-09 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 3516 |
Number of rejected observations | 20 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 3412 |
Number of unpublished observations | 4 |
RMS of observations | 0.103 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv9 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2023-01 | 0.005 | 0.003 |
2023-07 | 0.005 | 0.003 |
2024-01 | 0.010 | 0.005 |
2024-07 | 0.008 | 0.004 |
2025-01 | 0.015 | 0.007 |
2025-07 | 0.012 | 0.005 |
2026-01 | 0.017 | 0.007 |
2026-07 | 0.015 | 0.006 |
2027-01 | 0.017 | 0.005 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv9 and JPL37 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.