(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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 0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

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 0.031 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

residual plot

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.