(42301) 2001UR163
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Object
Object | (42301) 2001UR163 |
Diameter(1) | 352 km |
Dynamic class(1) | res4:9 |
Absolute magnitude | 4.20 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2460600.5 |
Semi major axis | 51.917457 ± 0.002909 au |
Eccentricity | 0.280800454 ± 0.000010205 |
Inclination | 0.751353352 ± 0.000009974 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 302.259312 ± 0.007747 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 344.171597 ± 0.011272 ° |
Mean anomaly | 84.031062 ± 0.009905 ° |
Orbital period | 374.09 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv5 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt |
bsp file | 42301_2001UR163_nima_v5.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1982-07-27 |
Date of last observation | 2023-11-19 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 356 |
Number of rejected observations | 2 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 358 |
Number of unpublished observations | 0 |
RMS of observations | 0.151 arcsec |
Residuals

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 | 0.078 | 0.062 |
2024-07 | 0.107 | 0.066 |
2025-01 | 0.087 | 0.066 |
2025-07 | 0.121 | 0.072 |
2026-01 | 0.097 | 0.072 |
2026-07 | 0.137 | 0.078 |
2027-01 | 0.109 | 0.077 |
2027-07 | 0.153 | 0.084 |
2028-01 | 0.122 | 0.083 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL22 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.