(447178) 2005RO43
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Object
Object | (447178) 2005RO43 |
Diameter(1) | 194 km |
Dynamic class(1) | Centaur |
Absolute magnitude | 7.21 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2460200.5 |
Semi major axis | 28.919775 ± 0.000531 au |
Eccentricity | 0.519993438 ± 0.000004947 |
Inclination | 35.455993232 ± 0.000014474 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 198.064428 ± 0.000038 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 326.423542 ± 0.000988 ° |
Mean anomaly | 341.975955 ± 0.000669 ° |
Orbital period | 155.53 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv9 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv9.txt |
bsp file | 447178_2005RO43_nima_v9.bsp |
Date of first observation | 2004-10-08 |
Date of last observation | 2023-11-19 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 497 |
Number of rejected observations | 3 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 445 |
Number of unpublished observations | 55 |
RMS of observations | 0.218 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv9 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2023-01 | 0.057 | 0.047 |
2023-07 | 0.053 | 0.058 |
2024-01 | 0.065 | 0.055 |
2024-07 | 0.070 | 0.063 |
2025-01 | 0.104 | 0.065 |
2025-07 | 0.112 | 0.068 |
2026-01 | 0.184 | 0.075 |
2026-07 | 0.187 | 0.075 |
2027-01 | 0.308 | 0.084 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv9 and JPL19 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.