(468861) 2013LU28


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Object

Object (468861) 2013LU28
Diameter(1) 106 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur?
Absolute magnitude 8.37
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459200.5
Semi major axis 189.707935 ± 0.030687 au
Eccentricity 0.953936438 ± 0.000007296
Inclination 125.350113532 ± 0.000012258 °
Longitude of ascending node 275.974888 ± 0.000054 °
Argument of perihelia 152.960865 ± 0.000382 °
Mean anomaly 359.516686 ± 0.000119 °
Orbital period 2612.98 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 468861_2013LU28_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 2013-06-08
Date of last observation 2021-02-19
Number of observations used in the fit 559
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 399
Number of unpublished observations 169
RMS of observations 0.273 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv3 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2020-01 0.056 0.072
2020-07 0.067 0.034
2021-01 0.046 0.055
2021-07 0.176 0.050
2022-01 0.150 0.071
2022-07 0.402 0.099
2023-01 0.468 0.101
2023-07 0.672 0.384
2024-01 0.897 0.526

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL16 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.