(10199) Chariklo


Object

Object (10199) Chariklo
Diameter(1) 242 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 6.58
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 15.812297 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.167464551 ± 0.000000036
Inclination 23.368202379 ± 0.000000443 °
Longitude of ascending node 300.438426 ± 0.000001 °
Argument of perihelia 242.601470 ± 0.000022 °
Mean anomaly 106.726908 ± 0.000028 °
Orbital period 62.88 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv21
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv21.txt
bsp file 10199_Chariklo_nima_v21.bsp
Date of first observation 1988-11-05
Date of last observation 2023-06-25
Number of observations used in the fit 1935
Number of rejected observations 27
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1259
Number of unpublished observations 570
RMS of observations 0.082 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv21 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.002 0.002
2023-07 0.003 0.002
2024-01 0.002 0.002
2024-07 0.003 0.003
2025-01 0.003 0.003
2025-07 0.004 0.004
2026-01 0.004 0.003
2026-07 0.005 0.004
2027-01 0.005 0.004

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv21 and JPL47 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.

Previous NIMA versions