(54598) Bienor
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Object
Object | (54598) Bienor |
Diameter(1) | 198 km |
Dynamic class(1) | Centaur |
Absolute magnitude | 7.50 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458600.5 |
Semi major axis | 16.432837 ± 0.000014 au |
Eccentricity | 0.199189595 ± 0.000000562 |
Inclination | 20.744627269 ± 0.000015042 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 337.775880 ± 0.000062 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 153.628341 ± 0.000237 ° |
Mean anomaly | 312.342616 ± 0.000145 ° |
Orbital period | 66.62 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv13 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv13.txt |
bsp file | 54598_Bienor_nima_v13.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1975-06-08 |
Date of last observation | 2018-04-02 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 516 |
Number of rejected observations | 13 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 275 |
Number of unpublished observations | 254 |
RMS of observations | 0.232 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv13 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2018-01 | 0.009 | 0.009 |
2018-07 | 0.020 | 0.009 |
2019-01 | 0.019 | 0.014 |
2019-07 | 0.038 | 0.013 |
2020-01 | 0.041 | 0.020 |
2020-07 | 0.062 | 0.017 |
2021-01 | 0.073 | 0.024 |
2021-07 | 0.092 | 0.021 |
2022-01 | 0.113 | 0.027 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv13 and JPL45 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.