(470309) 2007JK43


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (470309) 2007JK43
Diameter(1) 176 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 7.00
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 46.669757 ± 0.004922 au
Eccentricity 0.495092956 ± 0.000047712
Inclination 44.827716149 ± 0.000322982 °
Longitude of ascending node 233.536998 ± 0.000129 °
Argument of perihelia 10.480852 ± 0.001293 °
Mean anomaly 7.049832 ± 0.001305 °
Orbital period 318.83 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 470309_2007JK43_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 2007-05-10
Date of last observation 2018-06-15
Number of observations used in the fit 114
Number of rejected observations 0
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 114
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.133 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv1 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2018-01 0.178 0.152
2018-07 0.194 0.173
2019-01 0.237 0.182
2019-07 0.259 0.222
2020-01 0.307 0.218
2020-07 0.337 0.279
2021-01 0.389 0.259
2021-07 0.428 0.342
2022-01 0.481 0.305

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL6 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.