(54598) Bienor


Object

Object (54598) Bienor
Diameter(1) 158 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 7.60
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 16.593793 ± 0.000004 au
Eccentricity 0.204976960 ± 0.000000137
Inclination 20.727018480 ± 0.000000759 °
Longitude of ascending node 337.791051 ± 0.000008 °
Argument of perihelia 152.289574 ± 0.000064 °
Mean anomaly 345.993823 ± 0.000039 °
Orbital period 67.60 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv21
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv21.txt
bsp file 54598_Bienor_nima_v21.bsp
Date of first observation 1953-01-12
Date of last observation 2025-04-25
Number of observations used in the fit 1720
Number of rejected observations 6
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1404
Number of unpublished observations 322
RMS of observations 0.329 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv21 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.008 0.006
2024-07 0.008 0.006
2025-01 0.013 0.008
2025-07 0.013 0.009
2026-01 0.019 0.012
2026-07 0.018 0.013
2027-01 0.026 0.018
2027-07 0.024 0.019
2028-01 0.034 0.026

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv21 and JPL77 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