(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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 4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

residual plot

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

residual plot

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.