(447178) 2005RO43


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (447178) 2005RO43
Diameter(1) 194 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 7.10
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 28.705150 ± 0.001598 au
Eccentricity 0.518297880 ± 0.000012092
Inclination 35.484390849 ± 0.000322423 °
Longitude of ascending node 198.220030 ± 0.000234 °
Argument of perihelia 326.903803 ± 0.003211 °
Mean anomaly 331.380343 ± 0.002834 °
Orbital period 153.80 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 447178_2005RO43_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 2004-10-08
Date of last observation 2019-09-28
Number of observations used in the fit 221
Number of rejected observations 3
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 216
Number of unpublished observations 8
RMS of observations 0.179 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 0.164 0.088
2019-07 0.101 0.111
2020-01 0.164 0.104
2020-07 0.124 0.119
2021-01 0.172 0.128
2021-07 0.176 0.126
2022-01 0.225 0.161
2022-07 0.276 0.134
2023-01 0.362 0.202

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL9 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.