(21900) Orus


Object

Object (21900) Orus
Diameter(1) 59 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 10.10
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.123563 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.037486590 ± 0.000000016
Inclination 8.468723941 ± 0.000000588 °
Longitude of ascending node 258.553875 ± 0.000005 °
Argument of perihelia 182.440511 ± 0.000016 °
Mean anomaly 46.181145 ± 0.000015 °
Orbital period 11.60 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv10
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv10.txt
bsp file 21900_Orus_nima_v10.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-08
Date of last observation 2024-05-08
Number of observations used in the fit 4464
Number of rejected observations 20
Number of DES observations 14
Number of MPC observations 4050
Number of unpublished observations 300
RMS of observations 0.103 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv10 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.010 0.005
2024-07 0.008 0.004
2025-01 0.014 0.007
2025-07 0.011 0.005
2026-01 0.016 0.007
2026-07 0.015 0.006
2027-01 0.017 0.005
2027-07 0.018 0.006
2028-01 0.016 0.002

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv10 and JPL37 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