(21900) Orus


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Object

Object (21900) Orus
Diameter(1) 59 km
Dynamic class(1) trojans
Absolute magnitude 10.00
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.125316 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.036299658 ± 0.000000023
Inclination 8.468481040 ± 0.000001839 °
Longitude of ascending node 258.560004 ± 0.000011 °
Argument of perihelia 179.594131 ± 0.000070 °
Mean anomaly 238.740059 ± 0.000076 °
Orbital period 11.60 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 21900_Orus_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-08
Date of last observation 2019-09-07
Number of observations used in the fit 1475
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 14
Number of MPC observations 1388
Number of unpublished observations 1
RMS of observations 0.096 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv3 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2019-01 0.007 0.006
2019-07 0.009 0.008
2020-01 0.008 0.006
2020-07 0.015 0.008
2021-01 0.015 0.007
2021-07 0.024 0.007
2022-01 0.029 0.008
2022-07 0.032 0.004
2023-01 0.047 0.007

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL26 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.