(68444) 2001RH142


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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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 0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

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 0.062 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

residual plot

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.