(47171) Lempo


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Object

Object (47171) Lempo
Diameter(1) 286 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 4.70
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 39.265622 ± 0.000727 au
Eccentricity 0.222070037 ± 0.000011697
Inclination 8.424124445 ± 0.000020087 °
Longitude of ascending node 97.012940 ± 0.000903 °
Argument of perihelia 294.516005 ± 0.000673 °
Mean anomaly 6.170982 ± 0.000589 °
Orbital period 246.05 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 47171_Lempo_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1974-06-18
Date of last observation 2018-10-12
Number of observations used in the fit 300
Number of rejected observations 8
Number of DES observations 11
Number of MPC observations 249
Number of unpublished observations 48
RMS of observations 0.322 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2018-01 0.052 0.044
2018-07 0.079 0.052
2019-01 0.065 0.051
2019-07 0.099 0.060
2020-01 0.082 0.059
2020-07 0.121 0.070
2021-01 0.104 0.069
2021-07 0.147 0.080
2022-01 0.129 0.079

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL22 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.