(120347) Salacia


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (120347) Salacia
Diameter(1) 854 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano
Absolute magnitude 4.30
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 42.357774 ± 0.000306 au
Eccentricity 0.101563240 ± 0.000002990
Inclination 23.924727973 ± 0.000002415 °
Longitude of ascending node 280.030162 ± 0.000039 °
Argument of perihelia 313.255744 ± 0.003203 °
Mean anomaly 125.198216 ± 0.003558 °
Orbital period 275.68 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv11
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv11.txt
bsp file 120347_Salacia_nima_v11.bsp
Date of first observation 1982-07-25
Date of last observation 2024-07-05
Number of observations used in the fit 679
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 394
Number of unpublished observations 42
RMS of observations 0.115 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv11 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.010 0.011
2024-07 0.013 0.007
2025-01 0.010 0.011
2025-07 0.016 0.009
2026-01 0.011 0.012
2026-07 0.019 0.010
2027-01 0.013 0.013
2027-07 0.023 0.012
2028-01 0.016 0.013

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv11 and JPL33 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.