(38628) Huya


Object

Object (38628) Huya
Diameter(1) 406 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 4.85
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 39.431788 ± 0.000522 au
Eccentricity 0.275917161 ± 0.000008192
Inclination 15.475039684 ± 0.000001728 °
Longitude of ascending node 169.463007 ± 0.000034 °
Argument of perihelia 68.322446 ± 0.000245 °
Mean anomaly 10.589907 ± 0.000133 °
Orbital period 247.62 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv10
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv10.txt
bsp file 38628_Huya_nima_v10.bsp
Date of first observation 1996-04-09
Date of last observation 2023-08-11
Number of observations used in the fit 1014
Number of rejected observations 12
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 821
Number of unpublished observations 205
RMS of observations 0.320 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv10 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.007 0.009
2023-07 0.006 0.005
2024-01 0.014 0.011
2024-07 0.009 0.006
2025-01 0.024 0.012
2025-07 0.021 0.007
2026-01 0.036 0.014
2026-07 0.035 0.008
2027-01 0.051 0.016

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv10 and JPL42 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