(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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 254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

residual plot

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

residual plot

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.