(307261) 2002MS4


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (307261) 2002MS4
Diameter(1) 934 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano
Absolute magnitude 3.60
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 41.923965 ± 0.000754 au
Eccentricity 0.140019843 ± 0.000015241
Inclination 17.667693127 ± 0.000209622 °
Longitude of ascending node 215.902721 ± 0.000429 °
Argument of perihelia 214.232887 ± 0.001739 °
Mean anomaly 220.520523 ± 0.001782 °
Orbital period 271.46 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 307261_2002MS4_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1954-04-08
Date of last observation 2019-07-26
Number of observations used in the fit 147
Number of rejected observations 12
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 75
Number of unpublished observations 84
RMS of observations 0.168 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)
2019-01 0.005 0.017
2019-07 0.007 0.004
2020-01 0.010 0.017
2020-07 0.015 0.006
2021-01 0.018 0.017
2021-07 0.025 0.010
2022-01 0.029 0.018
2022-07 0.037 0.014
2023-01 0.041 0.019

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL14 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.