(54598) Bienor


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Object

Object (54598) Bienor
Diameter(1) 198 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 7.50
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 16.432837 ± 0.000018 au
Eccentricity 0.199189635 ± 0.000000432
Inclination 20.744623326 ± 0.000013217 °
Longitude of ascending node 337.775862 ± 0.000061 °
Argument of perihelia 153.628363 ± 0.000293 °
Mean anomaly 312.342617 ± 0.000190 °
Orbital period 66.62 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv14
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv14.txt
bsp file 54598_Bienor_nima_v14.bsp
Date of first observation 1975-06-08
Date of last observation 2019-01-11
Number of observations used in the fit 607
Number of rejected observations 4
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 294
Number of unpublished observations 317
RMS of observations 0.274 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv14 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2019-01 0.009 0.008
2019-07 0.022 0.008
2020-01 0.023 0.013
2020-07 0.039 0.013
2021-01 0.045 0.018
2021-07 0.060 0.018
2022-01 0.074 0.022
2022-07 0.087 0.026
2023-01 0.111 0.030

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv14 and JPL45 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.