(54598) Bienor
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Object
Object | (54598) Bienor |
Diameter(1) | 150 km |
Dynamic class(1) | Centaur |
Absolute magnitude | 7.56 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2460600.5 |
Semi major axis | 16.584001 ± 0.000004 au |
Eccentricity | 0.204375463 ± 0.000000138 |
Inclination | 20.731848152 ± 0.000000759 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 337.773829 ± 0.000008 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 152.196907 ± 0.000064 ° |
Mean anomaly | 343.127607 ± 0.000041 ° |
Orbital period | 67.54 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv20 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv20.txt |
bsp file | 54598_Bienor_nima_v20.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1953-01-12 |
Date of last observation | 2024-03-30 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 1408 |
Number of rejected observations | 6 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 1092 |
Number of unpublished observations | 322 |
RMS of observations | 0.326 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv20 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2024-01 | 0.008 | 0.006 |
2024-07 | 0.008 | 0.007 |
2025-01 | 0.013 | 0.008 |
2025-07 | 0.013 | 0.009 |
2026-01 | 0.019 | 0.012 |
2026-07 | 0.018 | 0.013 |
2027-01 | 0.026 | 0.018 |
2027-07 | 0.024 | 0.019 |
2028-01 | 0.034 | 0.026 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv20 and JPL73 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.