(68444) 2001RH142
This object has a more recent orbit available here
Object
Object | (68444) 2001RH142 |
Diameter(1) | 30 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 11.50 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458600.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.216921 ± 0.000002 au |
Eccentricity | 0.027830736 ± 0.000000193 |
Inclination | 30.053458879 ± 0.000010476 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 123.391525 ± 0.000023 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 87.087025 ± 0.000249 ° |
Mean anomaly | 322.445330 ± 0.000233 ° |
Orbital period | 11.92 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv1 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt |
bsp file | 68444_2001RH142_nima_v1.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1994-01-17 |
Date of last observation | 2018-04-05 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 586 |
Number of rejected observations | 1 |
Number of DES observations | 15 |
Number of MPC observations | 572 |
Number of unpublished observations | 0 |
RMS of observations | 0.490 arcsec |
Residuals

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 | 0.062 | 0.049 |
2018-07 | 0.048 | 0.036 |
2019-01 | 0.077 | 0.042 |
2019-07 | 0.069 | 0.033 |
2020-01 | 0.089 | 0.041 |
2020-07 | 0.097 | 0.039 |
2021-01 | 0.095 | 0.048 |
2021-07 | 0.124 | 0.062 |
2022-01 | 0.098 | 0.052 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL16 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.