(19521) Chaos


Object

Object (19521) Chaos
Diameter(1) 600 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano
Absolute magnitude 4.64
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 45.758134 ± 0.000261 au
Eccentricity 0.103211965 ± 0.000003675
Inclination 12.018379276 ± 0.000022881 °
Longitude of ascending node 49.899997 ± 0.000091 °
Argument of perihelia 55.647919 ± 0.001727 °
Mean anomaly 347.188446 ± 0.001449 °
Orbital period 309.54 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv11
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv11.txt
bsp file 19521_Chaos_nima_v11.bsp
Date of first observation 1991-10-17
Date of last observation 2023-03-29
Number of observations used in the fit 262
Number of rejected observations 13
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 167
Number of unpublished observations 108
RMS of observations 0.291 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv11 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.004 0.003
2023-07 0.008 0.004
2024-01 0.009 0.005
2024-07 0.012 0.006
2025-01 0.014 0.007
2025-07 0.018 0.008
2026-01 0.020 0.010
2026-07 0.024 0.011
2027-01 0.027 0.013

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv11 and JPL16 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