(120347) Salacia


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (120347) Salacia
Diameter(1) 854 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano
Absolute magnitude 4.00
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 41.948196 ± 0.001275 au
Eccentricity 0.109687533 ± 0.000013014
Inclination 23.924547853 ± 0.000031678 °
Longitude of ascending node 279.955185 ± 0.000500 °
Argument of perihelia 309.620722 ± 0.010163 °
Mean anomaly 122.914238 ± 0.011272 °
Orbital period 271.69 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 120347_Salacia_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1982-07-25
Date of last observation 2020-08-27
Number of observations used in the fit 295
Number of rejected observations 1
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 264
Number of unpublished observations 32
RMS of observations 0.575 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2020-01 0.064 0.060
2020-07 0.079 0.057
2021-01 0.072 0.065
2021-07 0.090 0.064
2022-01 0.081 0.070
2022-07 0.103 0.071
2023-01 0.091 0.076
2023-07 0.117 0.079
2024-01 0.103 0.082

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL15 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.