(21900) Orus


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Object

Object (21900) Orus
Diameter(1) 59 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
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 0.036299650 ± 0.000000052
Inclination 8.468475692 ± 0.000003799 °
Longitude of ascending node 258.559932 ± 0.000045 °
Argument of perihelia 179.594235 ± 0.000146 °
Mean anomaly 238.740026 ± 0.000181 °
Orbital period 11.60 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 21900_Orus_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-08
Date of last observation 2020-08-03
Number of observations used in the fit 1867
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 14
Number of MPC observations 1861
Number of unpublished observations 1
RMS of observations 0.426 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv4 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2020-01 0.008 0.008
2020-07 0.021 0.016
2021-01 0.022 0.019
2021-07 0.036 0.024
2022-01 0.043 0.030
2022-07 0.046 0.024
2023-01 0.067 0.032
2023-07 0.051 0.021
2024-01 0.078 0.030

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 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.