(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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 1 |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

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

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.