(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 | 43.346801 ± 0.000439 au |
Eccentricity | 0.189944593 ± 0.000008762 |
Inclination | 28.206470848 ± 0.000051760 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 122.018942 ± 0.000259 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 238.691900 ± 0.001842 ° |
Mean anomaly | 214.977512 ± 0.002499 ° |
Orbital period | 285.39 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv7 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt |
bsp file | 136108_Haumea_nima_v7.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1955-03-22 |
Date of last observation | 2019-07-03 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 3552 |
Number of rejected observations | 40 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 2017 |
Number of unpublished observations | 1575 |
RMS of observations | 0.220 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv7 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2019-01 | 0.012 | 0.008 |
2019-07 | 0.027 | 0.015 |
2020-01 | 0.017 | 0.011 |
2020-07 | 0.029 | 0.017 |
2021-01 | 0.024 | 0.014 |
2021-07 | 0.033 | 0.019 |
2022-01 | 0.031 | 0.018 |
2022-07 | 0.038 | 0.022 |
2023-01 | 0.039 | 0.022 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv7 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.