(47171) Lempo


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Object

Object (47171) Lempo
Diameter(1) 286 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 4.99
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 39.712152 ± 0.000545 au
Eccentricity 0.230672501 ± 0.000008866
Inclination 8.415932097 ± 0.000012760 °
Longitude of ascending node 97.078857 ± 0.000163 °
Argument of perihelia 294.819019 ± 0.000566 °
Mean anomaly 10.540173 ± 0.000253 °
Orbital period 250.26 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv12
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv12.txt
bsp file 47171_Lempo_nima_v12.bsp
Date of first observation 1974-06-18
Date of last observation 2023-02-27
Number of observations used in the fit 860
Number of rejected observations 7
Number of DES observations 11
Number of MPC observations 759
Number of unpublished observations 97
RMS of observations 0.257 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv12 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.039 0.034
2023-07 0.050 0.037
2024-01 0.045 0.038
2024-07 0.062 0.041
2025-01 0.055 0.042
2025-07 0.076 0.046
2026-01 0.067 0.047
2026-07 0.091 0.051
2027-01 0.082 0.053

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv12 and JPL41 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.