(68444) 2001RH142


Object

Object (68444) 2001RH142
Diameter(1) 30 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.66
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 5.198784 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.026073639 ± 0.000000082
Inclination 30.073868341 ± 0.000005458 °
Longitude of ascending node 123.394546 ± 0.000017 °
Argument of perihelia 85.171929 ± 0.000124 °
Mean anomaly 146.955273 ± 0.000118 °
Orbital period 11.85 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 68444_2001RH142_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1994-01-17
Date of last observation 2025-06-27
Number of observations used in the fit 1899
Number of rejected observations 239
Number of DES observations 15
Number of MPC observations 2100
Number of unpublished observations 23
RMS of observations 0.445 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 0.033 0.026
2024-07 0.047 0.032
2025-01 0.039 0.025
2025-07 0.049 0.027
2026-01 0.049 0.023
2026-07 0.051 0.027
2027-01 0.061 0.030
2027-07 0.054 0.030
2028-01 0.075 0.043

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL44 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