(47171) Lempo


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Object

Object (47171) Lempo
Diameter(1) 286 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 4.70
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 39.265463 ± 0.000657 au
Eccentricity 0.222067604 ± 0.000010738
Inclination 8.424126206 ± 0.000018849 °
Longitude of ascending node 97.012888 ± 0.000779 °
Argument of perihelia 294.516392 ± 0.000577 °
Mean anomaly 6.170811 ± 0.000442 °
Orbital period 246.05 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 47171_Lempo_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 1974-06-18
Date of last observation 2019-11-03
Number of observations used in the fit 357
Number of rejected observations 6
Number of DES observations 11
Number of MPC observations 295
Number of unpublished observations 57
RMS of observations 0.328 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv7 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2019-01 0.048 0.041
2019-07 0.063 0.046
2020-01 0.057 0.047
2020-07 0.078 0.053
2021-01 0.069 0.054
2021-07 0.095 0.060
2022-01 0.084 0.061
2022-07 0.115 0.068
2023-01 0.102 0.069

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL22 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.