(38628) Huya


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Object

Object (38628) Huya
Diameter(1) 406 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 4.80
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 39.825367 ± 0.001161 au
Eccentricity 0.283416100 ± 0.000017767
Inclination 15.466832655 ± 0.000131187 °
Longitude of ascending node 169.270737 ± 0.000365 °
Argument of perihelia 68.017720 ± 0.000371 °
Mean anomaly 4.394311 ± 0.000234 °
Orbital period 251.33 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 38628_Huya_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1996-04-09
Date of last observation 2019-03-11
Number of observations used in the fit 476
Number of rejected observations 8
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 302
Number of unpublished observations 182
RMS of observations 0.329 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv5 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 0.033
2018-07 0.047 0.033
2019-01 0.045 0.036
2019-07 0.051 0.037
2020-01 0.059 0.040
2020-07 0.060 0.041
2021-01 0.075 0.045
2021-07 0.073 0.046
2022-01 0.096 0.049

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL28 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.