(47171) Lempo


Object

Object (47171) Lempo
Diameter(1) 272 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 5.00
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 39.764625 ± 0.000535 au
Eccentricity 0.230811394 ± 0.000008697
Inclination 8.403503306 ± 0.000012493 °
Longitude of ascending node 97.165321 ± 0.000158 °
Argument of perihelia 295.748092 ± 0.000556 °
Mean anomaly 13.841243 ± 0.000252 °
Orbital period 250.76 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv14
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv14.txt
bsp file 47171_Lempo_nima_v14.bsp
Date of first observation 1974-06-18
Date of last observation 2025-02-14
Number of observations used in the fit 1040
Number of rejected observations 7
Number of DES observations 11
Number of MPC observations 939
Number of unpublished observations 97
RMS of observations 0.251 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv14 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.042 0.036
2024-07 0.056 0.039
2025-01 0.050 0.040
2025-07 0.069 0.043
2026-01 0.061 0.044
2026-07 0.083 0.048
2027-01 0.075 0.049
2027-07 0.100 0.053
2028-01 0.092 0.055

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv14 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