(84522) 2002TC302


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (84522) 2002TC302
Diameter(1) 584 km
Dynamic class(1) res2:5
Absolute magnitude 3.90
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 54.996923 ± 0.001928 au
Eccentricity 0.290830004 ± 0.000015342
Inclination 35.111438890 ± 0.000278474 °
Longitude of ascending node 23.904387 ± 0.000108 °
Argument of perihelia 87.372054 ± 0.004043 °
Mean anomaly 323.501265 ± 0.003638 °
Orbital period 407.86 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv11
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv11.txt
bsp file 84522_2002TC302_nima_v11.bsp
Date of first observation 2000-08-05
Date of last observation 2018-09-08
Number of observations used in the fit 814
Number of rejected observations 34
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 123
Number of unpublished observations 725
RMS of observations 0.154 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv11 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2018-01 0.035 0.028
2018-07 0.048 0.031
2019-01 0.038 0.036
2019-07 0.059 0.041
2020-01 0.044 0.047
2020-07 0.072 0.055
2021-01 0.053 0.062
2021-07 0.088 0.070
2022-01 0.065 0.079

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv11 and JPL18 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.