(24448) 2000QE42


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Object

Object (24448) 2000QE42
Diameter(1) 31 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.40
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 5.163754 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.051741538 ± 0.000000155
Inclination 8.847541488 ± 0.000008368 °
Longitude of ascending node 156.834856 ± 0.000050 °
Argument of perihelia 198.445300 ± 0.000083 °
Mean anomaly 154.249325 ± 0.000061 °
Orbital period 11.73 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 24448_2000QE42_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1988-10-09
Date of last observation 2018-11-12
Number of observations used in the fit 1107
Number of rejected observations 3
Number of DES observations 55
Number of MPC observations 1055
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.450 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv1 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2018-01 0.041 0.032
2018-07 0.034 0.023
2019-01 0.046 0.025
2019-07 0.045 0.022
2020-01 0.056 0.024
2020-07 0.064 0.029
2021-01 0.064 0.027
2021-07 0.087 0.038
2022-01 0.070 0.028

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 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.