(68444) 2001RH142


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (68444) 2001RH142
Diameter(1) 30 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.50
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.216921 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.027830824 ± 0.000000181
Inclination 30.053460046 ± 0.000006532 °
Longitude of ascending node 123.391528 ± 0.000021 °
Argument of perihelia 87.086856 ± 0.000183 °
Mean anomaly 322.445511 ± 0.000174 °
Orbital period 11.92 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 68444_2001RH142_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1994-01-17
Date of last observation 2021-05-12
Number of observations used in the fit 1042
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 15
Number of MPC observations 1012
Number of unpublished observations 17
RMS of observations 0.420 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv2 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2021-01 0.034 0.025
2021-07 0.046 0.034
2022-01 0.041 0.031
2022-07 0.065 0.048
2023-01 0.048 0.035
2023-07 0.075 0.049
2024-01 0.053 0.034
2024-07 0.072 0.040
2025-01 0.057 0.029

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL27 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.