(84522) 2002TC302


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (84522) 2002TC302
Diameter(1) 584 km
Dynamic class(1) res2:5
Absolute magnitude 3.90
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 54.996395 ± 0.000954 au
Eccentricity 0.290825408 ± 0.000009854
Inclination 35.111444361 ± 0.000167427 °
Longitude of ascending node 23.904393 ± 0.000078 °
Argument of perihelia 87.372904 ± 0.002022 °
Mean anomaly 323.500305 ± 0.001765 °
Orbital period 407.86 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv10
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv10.txt
bsp file 84522_2002TC302_nima_v10.bsp
Date of first observation 2000-08-05
Date of last observation 2018-01-17
Number of observations used in the fit 868
Number of rejected observations 526
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 122
Number of unpublished observations 1272
RMS of observations 0.129 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv10 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2018-01 0.021 0.021
2018-07 0.032 0.025
2019-01 0.027 0.029
2019-07 0.040 0.034
2020-01 0.034 0.039
2020-07 0.051 0.044
2021-01 0.043 0.050
2021-07 0.062 0.056
2022-01 0.053 0.063

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv10 and JPL18 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.