(69987) 1998WA25


Object

Object (69987) 1998WA25
Diameter(1) 130 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano-cold
Absolute magnitude 7.09
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 42.813226 ± 0.008001 au
Eccentricity 0.023826203 ± 0.000079306
Inclination 1.047940581 ± 0.000073063 °
Longitude of ascending node 136.274413 ± 0.009148 °
Argument of perihelia 231.601730 ± 0.299536 °
Mean anomaly 73.136176 ± 0.302536 °
Orbital period 280.14 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 69987_1998WA25_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1998-11-19
Date of last observation 2022-11-28
Number of observations used in the fit 32
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 34
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.213 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv3 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.741 0.205
2024-07 0.811 0.202
2025-01 0.878 0.217
2025-07 0.952 0.213
2026-01 1.025 0.229
2026-07 1.102 0.224
2027-01 1.182 0.240
2027-07 1.261 0.234
2028-01 1.350 0.251

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL8 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.

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