(44594) 1999OX3


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (44594) 1999OX3
Diameter(1) 151 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 7.00
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 32.198653 ± 0.000903 au
Eccentricity 0.453354330 ± 0.000011359
Inclination 2.625941641 ± 0.000022312 °
Longitude of ascending node 259.043502 ± 0.002346 °
Argument of perihelia 144.320553 ± 0.003589 °
Mean anomaly 350.603680 ± 0.000782 °
Orbital period 182.71 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 44594_1999OX3_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1999-07-21
Date of last observation 2019-11-03
Number of observations used in the fit 367
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 9
Number of MPC observations 343
Number of unpublished observations 17
RMS of observations 0.348 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv2 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2019-01 0.072 0.052
2019-07 0.082 0.054
2020-01 0.069 0.056
2020-07 0.126 0.068
2021-01 0.082 0.064
2021-07 0.192 0.087
2022-01 0.132 0.078
2022-07 0.283 0.110
2023-01 0.222 0.100

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL30 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.