(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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 18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

residual plot

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

residual plot

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.