(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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 1 |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

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

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.