(69987) 1998WA25


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (69987) 1998WA25
Diameter(1) 168 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano
Absolute magnitude 7.08
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2457102.461295445
Semi major axis 42.604001 ± 0.007584 au
Eccentricity 0.019975953 ± 0.000063430
Inclination 1.046462932 ± 0.000712887 °
Longitude of ascending node 136.374684 ± 0.072736 °
Argument of perihelia 222.221628 ± 0.413844 °
Mean anomaly 70.399624 ± 0.373314 °
Orbital period 278.09 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 69987_1998WA25_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1998-11-19
Date of last observation 2018-01-05
Number of observations used in the fit 30
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 32
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.216 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv1 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2021-01 0.482 0.174
2021-07 0.564 0.173
2022-01 0.618 0.187
2022-07 0.707 0.185
2023-01 0.766 0.200
2023-07 0.862 0.197
2024-01 0.927 0.212
2024-07 1.028 0.209
2025-01 1.100 0.224

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL7 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.