(32615) 2001QU277
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Object
Object | (32615) 2001QU277 |
Diameter(1) | 38 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 11.13 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2459800.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.155837 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.033620669 ± 0.000000022 |
Inclination | 17.551632356 ± 0.000001053 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 100.400917 ± 0.000003 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 226.881890 ± 0.000037 ° |
Mean anomaly | 297.729911 ± 0.000042 ° |
Orbital period | 11.71 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv5 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt |
bsp file | 32615_2001QU277_nima_v5.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1977-10-06 |
Date of last observation | 2023-06-17 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 2560 |
Number of rejected observations | 293 |
Number of DES observations | 7 |
Number of MPC observations | 2527 |
Number of unpublished observations | 1 |
RMS of observations | 0.109 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv5 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 | 0.006 |
2023-07 | 0.035 | 0.007 |
2024-01 | 0.027 | 0.004 |
2024-07 | 0.043 | 0.010 |
2025-01 | 0.034 | 0.007 |
2025-07 | 0.041 | 0.018 |
2026-01 | 0.039 | 0.016 |
2026-07 | 0.037 | 0.019 |
2027-01 | 0.043 | 0.021 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL44 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.