(47171) Lempo


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (47171) Lempo
Diameter(1) 272 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 4.99
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 39.802571 ± 0.000545 au
Eccentricity 0.231701351 ± 0.000008828
Inclination 8.404560598 ± 0.000012669 °
Longitude of ascending node 97.158662 ± 0.000162 °
Argument of perihelia 295.625162 ± 0.000577 °
Mean anomaly 13.108651 ± 0.000254 °
Orbital period 251.12 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv13
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv13.txt
bsp file 47171_Lempo_nima_v13.bsp
Date of first observation 1974-06-18
Date of last observation 2024-02-28
Number of observations used in the fit 938
Number of rejected observations 7
Number of DES observations 11
Number of MPC observations 837
Number of unpublished observations 97
RMS of observations 0.257 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv13 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.044 0.037
2024-07 0.061 0.040
2025-01 0.054 0.042
2025-07 0.074 0.045
2026-01 0.066 0.046
2026-07 0.090 0.051
2027-01 0.081 0.052
2027-07 0.107 0.056
2028-01 0.099 0.058

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv13 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.