(68444) 2001RH142


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (68444) 2001RH142
Diameter(1) 30 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.62
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.206863 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.025970416 ± 0.000000084
Inclination 30.059454949 ± 0.000005500 °
Longitude of ascending node 123.392552 ± 0.000018 °
Argument of perihelia 88.117315 ± 0.000132 °
Mean anomaly 60.923633 ± 0.000126 °
Orbital period 11.88 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 68444_2001RH142_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1994-01-17
Date of last observation 2023-07-01
Number of observations used in the fit 1680
Number of rejected observations 238
Number of DES observations 15
Number of MPC observations 1880
Number of unpublished observations 23
RMS of observations 0.457 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 0.031 0.027
2023-07 0.049 0.039
2024-01 0.037 0.028
2024-07 0.053 0.035
2025-01 0.044 0.026
2025-07 0.054 0.028
2026-01 0.053 0.024
2026-07 0.054 0.028
2027-01 0.064 0.031

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL36 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.