(84922) 2003VS2


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (84922) 2003VS2
Diameter(1) 523 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 4.20
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 39.216835 ± 0.000417 au
Eccentricity 0.071655496 ± 0.000007258
Inclination 14.818598071 ± 0.000082194 °
Longitude of ascending node 302.629072 ± 0.000384 °
Argument of perihelia 111.025311 ± 0.006115 °
Mean anomaly 23.483532 ± 0.005405 °
Orbital period 245.59 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 84922_2003VS2_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 1991-09-17
Date of last observation 2016-12-30
Number of observations used in the fit 269
Number of rejected observations 27
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 205
Number of unpublished observations 91
RMS of observations 0.260 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv7 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2018-01 0.055 0.024
2018-07 0.061 0.027
2019-01 0.074 0.031
2019-07 0.080 0.033
2020-01 0.094 0.038
2020-07 0.100 0.040
2021-01 0.115 0.045
2021-07 0.121 0.047
2022-01 0.138 0.053

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL30 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.