(136108) Haumea
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Object
Object | (136108) Haumea |
Diameter(1) | 1595 km |
Dynamic class(1) | Haumea |
Absolute magnitude | 0.20 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458200.5 |
Semi major axis | 43.346736 ± 0.000378 au |
Eccentricity | 0.189945402 ± 0.000007956 |
Inclination | 28.206472463 ± 0.000045920 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 122.018965 ± 0.000236 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 238.692263 ± 0.001526 ° |
Mean anomaly | 214.977033 ± 0.002098 ° |
Orbital period | 285.39 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv8 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv8.txt |
bsp file | 136108_Haumea_nima_v8.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1955-03-22 |
Date of last observation | 2021-05-11 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 4532 |
Number of rejected observations | 16 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 2747 |
Number of unpublished observations | 1801 |
RMS of observations | 0.208 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv8 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2021-01 | 0.019 | 0.013 |
2021-07 | 0.026 | 0.016 |
2022-01 | 0.026 | 0.016 |
2022-07 | 0.029 | 0.018 |
2023-01 | 0.032 | 0.019 |
2023-07 | 0.034 | 0.021 |
2024-01 | 0.040 | 0.023 |
2024-07 | 0.039 | 0.024 |
2025-01 | 0.048 | 0.027 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv8 and JPL90 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.