(32532) Thereus


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (32532) Thereus
Diameter(1) 86 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 9.04
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460400.5
Semi major axis 10.617454 ± 0.000002 au
Eccentricity 0.198328423 ± 0.000000155
Inclination 20.383018319 ± 0.000001269 °
Longitude of ascending node 205.155407 ± 0.000015 °
Argument of perihelia 87.074513 ± 0.000040 °
Mean anomaly 260.340068 ± 0.000076 °
Orbital period 34.60 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 32532_Thereus_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1983-01-13
Date of last observation 2024-01-08
Number of observations used in the fit 954
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 666
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.115 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 0.038 0.013
2023-07 0.034 0.013
2024-01 0.052 0.015
2024-07 0.048 0.015
2025-01 0.070 0.017
2025-07 0.067 0.017
2026-01 0.093 0.018
2026-07 0.091 0.018
2027-01 0.119 0.019

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL59 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.