(24448) 2000QE42


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (24448) 2000QE42
Diameter(1) 31 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.51
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.153561 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.053754316 ± 0.000000060
Inclination 8.851600249 ± 0.000001683 °
Longitude of ascending node 156.855602 ± 0.000030 °
Argument of perihelia 198.638622 ± 0.000058 °
Mean anomaly 288.797337 ± 0.000056 °
Orbital period 11.70 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 24448_2000QE42_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1988-10-09
Date of last observation 2023-06-27
Number of observations used in the fit 1638
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1637
Number of unpublished observations 10
RMS of observations 0.415 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv4 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.019 0.012
2023-07 0.040 0.020
2024-01 0.033 0.015
2024-07 0.054 0.022
2025-01 0.048 0.017
2025-07 0.059 0.019
2026-01 0.065 0.019
2026-07 0.060 0.013
2027-01 0.079 0.017

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL38 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.