(8405) Asbolus
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Object
Object | (8405) Asbolus |
Diameter(1) | 84 km |
Dynamic class(1) | Centaur |
Absolute magnitude | 9.10 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458600.5 |
Semi major axis | 17.973438 ± 0.000016 au |
Eccentricity | 0.621819275 ± 0.000000398 |
Inclination | 17.627887688 ± 0.000015450 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 6.032545 ± 0.000057 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 290.142836 ± 0.000047 ° |
Mean anomaly | 79.012808 ± 0.000116 ° |
Orbital period | 76.20 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv4 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt |
bsp file | 8405_Asbolus_nima_v4.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1995-03-28 |
Date of last observation | 2018-09-14 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 476 |
Number of rejected observations | 11 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 469 |
Number of unpublished observations | 18 |
RMS of observations | 0.469 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv4 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2018-01 | 0.029 | 0.022 |
2018-07 | 0.033 | 0.020 |
2019-01 | 0.035 | 0.023 |
2019-07 | 0.038 | 0.021 |
2020-01 | 0.042 | 0.024 |
2020-07 | 0.045 | 0.022 |
2021-01 | 0.049 | 0.025 |
2021-07 | 0.051 | 0.023 |
2022-01 | 0.056 | 0.026 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL44 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.