(9142) Rhesus


Object

Object (9142) Rhesus
Diameter(1) 45 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 10.75
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.156625 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.130288445 ± 0.000000047
Inclination 12.809575790 ± 0.000003929 °
Longitude of ascending node 141.198624 ± 0.000026 °
Argument of perihelia 174.150684 ± 0.000035 °
Mean anomaly 40.124981 ± 0.000025 °
Orbital period 11.71 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 9142_Rhesus_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 1954-12-22
Date of last observation 2024-07-12
Number of observations used in the fit 3191
Number of rejected observations 252
Number of DES observations 5
Number of MPC observations 3435
Number of unpublished observations 3
RMS of observations 0.445 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv7 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.035 0.015
2024-07 0.043 0.016
2025-01 0.041 0.012
2025-07 0.040 0.013
2026-01 0.048 0.019
2026-07 0.038 0.017
2027-01 0.052 0.026
2027-07 0.037 0.020
2028-01 0.050 0.029

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL55 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