(55638) 2002VE95


Object

Object (55638) 2002VE95
Diameter(1) 250 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 5.58
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2461000.5
Semi major axis 39.640888 ± 0.000755 au
Eccentricity 0.292599814 ± 0.000010855
Inclination 16.324859757 ± 0.000002941 °
Longitude of ascending node 199.748526 ± 0.000022 °
Argument of perihelia 208.003468 ± 0.000903 °
Mean anomaly 34.306521 ± 0.001449 °
Orbital period 249.59 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv13
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv13.txt
bsp file 55638_2002VE95_nima_v13.bsp
Date of first observation 1990-10-12
Date of last observation 2024-02-11
Number of observations used in the fit 477
Number of rejected observations 1
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 395
Number of unpublished observations 83
RMS of observations 0.194 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv13 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.017 0.008
2024-07 0.019 0.012
2025-01 0.029 0.009
2025-07 0.030 0.012
2026-01 0.042 0.011
2026-07 0.042 0.011
2027-01 0.058 0.013
2027-07 0.057 0.011
2028-01 0.077 0.016

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv13 and JPL22 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