(24448) 2000QE42


Object

Object (24448) 2000QE42
Diameter(1) 31 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.56
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 5.146212 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.052993307 ± 0.000000052
Inclination 8.856579509 ± 0.000001658 °
Longitude of ascending node 156.849866 ± 0.000028 °
Argument of perihelia 199.744510 ± 0.000051 °
Mean anomaly 12.092221 ± 0.000046 °
Orbital period 11.67 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 24448_2000QE42_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1988-10-09
Date of last observation 2025-06-23
Number of observations used in the fit 2169
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2168
Number of unpublished observations 10
RMS of observations 0.389 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.024 0.014
2024-07 0.040 0.019
2025-01 0.036 0.015
2025-07 0.045 0.016
2026-01 0.050 0.015
2026-07 0.046 0.010
2027-01 0.062 0.014
2027-07 0.046 0.008
2028-01 0.065 0.014

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL49 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