(47171) Lempo


This object has a more recent orbit available here

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 39.265535 ± 0.000557 au
Eccentricity 0.222068830 ± 0.000009191
Inclination 8.424128590 ± 0.000016483 °
Longitude of ascending node 97.012854 ± 0.000633 °
Argument of perihelia 294.516386 ± 0.000499 °
Mean anomaly 6.170820 ± 0.000328 °
Orbital period 246.05 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv8
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv8.txt
bsp file 47171_Lempo_nima_v8.bsp
Date of first observation 1974-06-18
Date of last observation 2020-08-29
Number of observations used in the fit 583
Number of rejected observations 6
Number of DES observations 11
Number of MPC observations 497
Number of unpublished observations 81
RMS of observations 0.271 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv8 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2020-01 0.040 0.034
2020-07 0.046 0.037
2021-01 0.045 0.039
2021-07 0.056 0.042
2022-01 0.052 0.043
2022-07 0.068 0.047
2023-01 0.062 0.049
2023-07 0.082 0.053
2024-01 0.075 0.055

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv8 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.