(53311) Deucalion


Object

Object (53311) Deucalion
Diameter(1) 212 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano
Absolute magnitude 6.70
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460200.5
Semi major axis 43.854593 ± 0.003231 au
Eccentricity 0.061029941 ± 0.000021233
Inclination 0.369002734 ± 0.000127493 °
Longitude of ascending node 51.335577 ± 0.003214 °
Argument of perihelia 246.369684 ± 0.050220 °
Mean anomaly 303.834550 ± 0.048536 °
Orbital period 290.42 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 53311_Deucalion_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1999-04-12
Date of last observation 2020-06-24
Number of observations used in the fit 128
Number of rejected observations 0
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 128
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.234 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv1 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.211 0.105
2023-07 0.210 0.113
2024-01 0.252 0.117
2024-07 0.246 0.124
2025-01 0.296 0.130
2025-07 0.287 0.137
2026-01 0.345 0.142
2026-07 0.333 0.149
2027-01 0.398 0.155

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL7 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.