(174567) Varda


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Object

Object (174567) Varda
Diameter(1) 705 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano
Absolute magnitude 3.40
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 46.045685 ± 0.001357 au
Eccentricity 0.140253737 ± 0.000012232
Inclination 21.497782740 ± 0.000277065 °
Longitude of ascending node 183.978276 ± 0.000735 °
Argument of perihelia 180.718500 ± 0.008209 °
Mean anomaly 271.847231 ± 0.007950 °
Orbital period 312.46 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 174567_Varda_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1980-03-19
Date of last observation 2018-09-07
Number of observations used in the fit 349
Number of rejected observations 13
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 0
Number of unpublished observations 103
RMS of observations 0.205 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)
2018-01 0.052 0.041
2018-07 0.045 0.037
2019-01 0.067 0.045
2019-07 0.059 0.043
2020-01 0.084 0.050
2020-07 0.076 0.049
2021-01 0.103 0.055
2021-07 0.096 0.055
2022-01 0.125 0.061

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL7 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.