(174567) Varda


Object

Object (174567) Varda
Diameter(1) 740 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano-hot
Absolute magnitude 3.47
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 45.547908 ± 0.000203 au
Eccentricity 0.143725998 ± 0.000005302
Inclination 21.515541304 ± 0.000008392 °
Longitude of ascending node 184.167215 ± 0.000089 °
Argument of perihelia 184.878397 ± 0.001432 °
Mean anomaly 276.055182 ± 0.001818 °
Orbital period 307.40 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv16
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv16.txt
bsp file 174567_Varda_nima_v16.bsp
Date of first observation 1980-03-19
Date of last observation 2024-08-11
Number of observations used in the fit 874
Number of rejected observations 22
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 283
Number of unpublished observations 207
RMS of observations 0.105 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv16 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.029 0.016
2024-07 0.032 0.017
2025-01 0.036 0.018
2025-07 0.040 0.019
2026-01 0.044 0.020
2026-07 0.049 0.022
2027-01 0.054 0.022
2027-07 0.059 0.024
2028-01 0.064 0.025

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv16 and JPL17 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