(68444) 2001RH142
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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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 17 |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

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

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.