(24448) 2000QE42


Object

Object (24448) 2000QE42
Diameter(1) 31 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.54
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.148215 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.053362960 ± 0.000000057
Inclination 8.855490829 ± 0.000001669 °
Longitude of ascending node 156.846880 ± 0.000029 °
Argument of perihelia 199.671595 ± 0.000056 °
Mean anomaly 355.277394 ± 0.000053 °
Orbital period 11.68 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 24448_2000QE42_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1988-10-09
Date of last observation 2024-07-09
Number of observations used in the fit 1898
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1897
Number of unpublished observations 10
RMS of observations 0.402 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv5 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.030 0.015
2024-07 0.049 0.021
2025-01 0.044 0.017
2025-07 0.054 0.018
2026-01 0.061 0.018
2026-07 0.055 0.012
2027-01 0.074 0.016
2027-07 0.053 0.009
2028-01 0.075 0.015

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL45 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