(38628) Huya


Object

Object (38628) Huya
Diameter(1) 411 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 4.85
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 39.199432 ± 0.000486 au
Eccentricity 0.272445071 ± 0.000007718
Inclination 15.476138626 ± 0.000001662 °
Longitude of ascending node 169.344235 ± 0.000034 °
Argument of perihelia 67.588169 ± 0.000219 °
Mean anomaly 15.176783 ± 0.000214 °
Orbital period 245.43 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv12
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv12.txt
bsp file 38628_Huya_nima_v12.bsp
Date of first observation 1996-04-09
Date of last observation 2025-06-30
Number of observations used in the fit 1117
Number of rejected observations 12
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 918
Number of unpublished observations 211
RMS of observations 0.323 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv12 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.013 0.010
2024-07 0.009 0.006
2025-01 0.022 0.012
2025-07 0.020 0.007
2026-01 0.034 0.014
2026-07 0.033 0.008
2027-01 0.047 0.015
2027-07 0.049 0.010
2028-01 0.063 0.017

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv12 and JPL51 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