(21900) Orus
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Object
Object | (21900) Orus |
Diameter(1) | 59 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 10.00 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458600.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.125316 ± 0.000001 au |
Eccentricity | 0.036299694 ± 0.000000097 |
Inclination | 8.468462691 ± 0.000009629 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 258.559938 ± 0.000050 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 179.594263 ± 0.000169 ° |
Mean anomaly | 238.739988 ± 0.000207 ° |
Orbital period | 11.60 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv1 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt |
bsp file | 21900_Orus_nima_v1.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1951-11-08 |
Date of last observation | 2018-11-08 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 1398 |
Number of rejected observations | 4 |
Number of DES observations | 29 |
Number of MPC observations | 1373 |
Number of unpublished observations | 0 |
RMS of observations | 0.491 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 | 0.031 | 0.023 |
2018-07 | 0.049 | 0.035 |
2019-01 | 0.036 | 0.025 |
2019-07 | 0.057 | 0.037 |
2020-01 | 0.045 | 0.029 |
2020-07 | 0.063 | 0.038 |
2021-01 | 0.058 | 0.035 |
2021-07 | 0.067 | 0.033 |
2022-01 | 0.076 | 0.038 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL26 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.