(32532) Thereus


Object

Object (32532) Thereus
Diameter(1) 86 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 9.05
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 10.631341 ± 0.000002 au
Eccentricity 0.197695001 ± 0.000000145
Inclination 20.373505083 ± 0.000001263 °
Longitude of ascending node 205.169864 ± 0.000015 °
Argument of perihelia 86.691498 ± 0.000035 °
Mean anomaly 272.066772 ± 0.000066 °
Orbital period 34.66 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 32532_Thereus_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1983-01-13
Date of last observation 2025-04-27
Number of observations used in the fit 1033
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 736
Number of unpublished observations 9
RMS of observations 0.115 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv3 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.043 0.015
2024-07 0.039 0.015
2025-01 0.057 0.017
2025-07 0.055 0.016
2026-01 0.076 0.018
2026-07 0.075 0.018
2027-01 0.098 0.018
2027-07 0.100 0.019
2028-01 0.125 0.018

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL63 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