(136108) Haumea
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Object
Object | (136108) Haumea |
Diameter(1) | 1595 km |
Dynamic class(1) | Haumea |
Absolute magnitude | 0.26 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2457090.130412306 |
Semi major axis | 43.241155 ± 0.000142 au |
Eccentricity | 0.190732122 ± 0.000002895 |
Inclination | 28.192040669 ± 0.000004639 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 121.796915 ± 0.000073 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 240.089055 ± 0.001155 ° |
Mean anomaly | 209.506342 ± 0.001664 ° |
Orbital period | 284.35 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv11 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv11.txt |
bsp file | 136108_Haumea_nima_v11.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1955-03-22 |
Date of last observation | 2023-08-11 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 6009 |
Number of rejected observations | 17 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 4050 |
Number of unpublished observations | 1899 |
RMS of observations | 0.082 arcsec |
Residuals

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 | 0.020 | 0.014 |
2023-07 | 0.021 | 0.014 |
2024-01 | 0.025 | 0.017 |
2024-07 | 0.025 | 0.017 |
2025-01 | 0.030 | 0.020 |
2025-07 | 0.030 | 0.019 |
2026-01 | 0.036 | 0.023 |
2026-07 | 0.035 | 0.022 |
2027-01 | 0.042 | 0.026 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv11 and JPL115 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.