(120216) 2004EW95


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (120216) 2004EW95
Diameter(1) 291 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 6.61
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460400.5
Semi major axis 39.173741 ± 0.002052 au
Eccentricity 0.311638000 ± 0.000030291
Inclination 29.324609426 ± 0.000046726 °
Longitude of ascending node 25.815164 ± 0.000028 °
Argument of perihelia 204.512124 ± 0.001620 °
Mean anomaly 8.843463 ± 0.000338 °
Orbital period 245.19 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 120216_2004EW95_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 2001-03-12
Date of last observation 2023-06-17
Number of observations used in the fit 237
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 239
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.202 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)
2024-01 0.287 0.171
2024-07 0.246 0.221
2025-01 0.354 0.197
2025-07 0.315 0.259
2026-01 0.431 0.224
2026-07 0.400 0.299
2027-01 0.521 0.249
2027-07 0.499 0.336
2028-01 0.623 0.270

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL9 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.