(468861) 2013LU28


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Object

Object (468861) 2013LU28
Diameter(1) 120 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 8.45
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 183.385715 ± 0.014161 au
Eccentricity 0.952322302 ± 0.000003635
Inclination 125.312039658 ± 0.000007186 °
Longitude of ascending node 276.050330 ± 0.000013 °
Argument of perihelia 152.981439 ± 0.000112 °
Mean anomaly 0.047184 ± 0.000005 °
Orbital period 2483.46 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv10
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv10.txt
bsp file 468861_2013LU28_nima_v10.bsp
Date of first observation 2013-06-08
Date of last observation 2024-05-08
Number of observations used in the fit 2159
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1412
Number of unpublished observations 756
RMS of observations 0.235 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv10 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.036 0.029
2024-07 0.031 0.036
2025-01 0.049 0.056
2025-07 0.057 0.077
2026-01 0.099 0.135
2026-07 0.095 0.141
2027-01 0.157 0.229
2027-07 0.139 0.211
2028-01 0.213 0.310

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv10 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.