(468861) 2013LU28


Object

Object (468861) 2013LU28
Diameter(1) 125 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 8.40
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 182.567496 ± 0.008028 au
Eccentricity 0.952103640 ± 0.000002088
Inclination 125.311719158 ± 0.000006569 °
Longitude of ascending node 276.050631 ± 0.000003 °
Argument of perihelia 153.039777 ± 0.000048 °
Mean anomaly 0.126984 ± 0.000008 °
Orbital period 2466.85 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv15
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv15.txt
bsp file 468861_2013LU28_nima_v15.bsp
Date of first observation 2013-06-08
Date of last observation 2025-05-09
Number of observations used in the fit 2901
Number of rejected observations 64
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2026
Number of unpublished observations 913
RMS of observations 0.227 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv15 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.025 0.013
2024-07 0.012 0.007
2025-01 0.011 0.004
2025-07 0.005 0.012
2026-01 0.016 0.029
2026-07 0.019 0.036
2027-01 0.042 0.069
2027-07 0.039 0.066
2028-01 0.070 0.108

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv15 and JPL38 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