(83982) Crantor


Object

Object (83982) Crantor
Diameter(1) 59 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 8.92
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 19.488749 ± 0.000101 au
Eccentricity 0.273862806 ± 0.000002411
Inclination 12.759402780 ± 0.000018186 °
Longitude of ascending node 117.395669 ± 0.000040 °
Argument of perihelia 93.772442 ± 0.000591 °
Mean anomaly 84.451204 ± 0.000974 °
Orbital period 86.04 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 83982_Crantor_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 2001-03-19
Date of last observation 2022-09-15
Number of observations used in the fit 335
Number of rejected observations 3
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 320
Number of unpublished observations 18
RMS of observations 0.221 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv7 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.098 0.047
2023-07 0.143 0.057
2024-01 0.123 0.051
2024-07 0.175 0.064
2025-01 0.151 0.057
2025-07 0.211 0.073
2026-01 0.184 0.064
2026-07 0.249 0.084
2027-01 0.219 0.073

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL26 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