(319) Leona


Object

Object (319) Leona
Diameter(1) 66 km
Dynamic class(1) mba
Absolute magnitude 10.27
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460200.5
Semi major axis 3.411967 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.215155014 ± 0.000000045
Inclination 10.563584030 ± 0.000001876 °
Longitude of ascending node 184.862132 ± 0.000011 °
Argument of perihelia 227.049525 ± 0.000015 °
Mean anomaly 7.561729 ± 0.000007 °
Orbital period 6.30 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 319_Leona_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1891-10-09
Date of last observation 2023-09-16
Number of observations used in the fit 3048
Number of rejected observations 1153
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 4194
Number of unpublished observations 7
RMS of observations 0.234 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv4 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.022 0.008
2023-07 0.007 0.002
2024-01 0.008 0.010
2024-07 0.011 0.007
2025-01 0.022 0.012
2025-07 0.018 0.008
2026-01 0.019 0.006
2026-07 0.022 0.005
2027-01 0.019 0.003

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL70 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.