(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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 1801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

residual plot

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

residual plot

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.