(19521) Chaos


Object

Object (19521) Chaos
Diameter(1) 600 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano-hot
Absolute magnitude 4.64
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 46.070684 ± 0.000181 au
Eccentricity 0.109493028 ± 0.000003017
Inclination 12.012078543 ± 0.000019905 °
Longitude of ascending node 49.874533 ± 0.000081 °
Argument of perihelia 55.851423 ± 0.000978 °
Mean anomaly 349.732134 ± 0.000784 °
Orbital period 312.71 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv12
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv12.txt
bsp file 19521_Chaos_nima_v12.bsp
Date of first observation 1991-10-17
Date of last observation 2023-09-28
Number of observations used in the fit 265
Number of rejected observations 13
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 169
Number of unpublished observations 109
RMS of observations 0.288 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv12 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.004 0.004
2024-07 0.006 0.005
2025-01 0.008 0.006
2025-07 0.009 0.007
2026-01 0.012 0.008
2026-07 0.013 0.009
2027-01 0.016 0.010
2027-07 0.017 0.011
2028-01 0.020 0.013

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv12 and JPL17 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.

Previous NIMA versions