(225088) Gonggong


Object

Object (225088) Gonggong
Diameter(1) 1535 km
Dynamic class(1) res3:10
Absolute magnitude 1.89
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 66.944980 ± 0.003563 au
Eccentricity 0.501992868 ± 0.000033186
Inclination 30.824855075 ± 0.000251291 °
Longitude of ascending node 336.842587 ± 0.000047 °
Argument of perihelia 206.705924 ± 0.006101 °
Mean anomaly 111.031029 ± 0.015610 °
Orbital period 547.75 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv9
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv9.txt
bsp file 225088_Gonggong_nima_v9.bsp
Date of first observation 1985-08-19
Date of last observation 2025-06-30
Number of observations used in the fit 489
Number of rejected observations 1
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 472
Number of unpublished observations 18
RMS of observations 0.156 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv9 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.058 0.061
2024-07 0.074 0.071
2025-01 0.065 0.070
2025-07 0.082 0.082
2026-01 0.072 0.080
2026-07 0.092 0.094
2027-01 0.080 0.091
2027-07 0.103 0.107
2028-01 0.089 0.104

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv9 and JPL19 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