(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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 317 |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

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

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.