(3063) Makhaon


Object

Object (3063) Makhaon
Diameter(1) 124 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.64
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.223254 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.060026735 ± 0.000000065
Inclination 12.155456700 ± 0.000005327 °
Longitude of ascending node 287.884145 ± 0.000026 °
Argument of perihelia 204.190650 ± 0.000053 °
Mean anomaly 8.191038 ± 0.000045 °
Orbital period 11.94 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 3063_Makhaon_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1931-02-18
Date of last observation 2024-05-28
Number of observations used in the fit 4371
Number of rejected observations 11
Number of DES observations 5
Number of MPC observations 4377
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.348 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv5 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.036 0.027
2024-07 0.027 0.019
2025-01 0.042 0.030
2025-07 0.035 0.024
2026-01 0.047 0.027
2026-07 0.046 0.028
2027-01 0.049 0.021
2027-07 0.058 0.027
2028-01 0.047 0.017

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL66 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