(136108) Haumea


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Object

Object (136108) Haumea
Diameter(1) 1595 km
Dynamic class(1) Haumea
Absolute magnitude 0.20
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 43.346978 ± 0.000480 au
Eccentricity 0.189940983 ± 0.000009547
Inclination 28.206467269 ± 0.000057263 °
Longitude of ascending node 122.018915 ± 0.000265 °
Argument of perihelia 238.692012 ± 0.001443 °
Mean anomaly 214.977162 ± 0.001956 °
Orbital period 285.40 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 136108_Haumea_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1955-03-22
Date of last observation 2018-02-09
Number of observations used in the fit 3019
Number of rejected observations 48
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1499
Number of unpublished observations 1568
RMS of observations 0.205 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 0.022 0.020
2018-07 0.025 0.020
2019-01 0.026 0.022
2019-07 0.027 0.022
2020-01 0.031 0.025
2020-07 0.030 0.025
2021-01 0.037 0.028
2021-07 0.034 0.027
2022-01 0.044 0.032

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL90 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.