(470309) 2007JK43


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (470309) 2007JK43
Diameter(1) 176 km
Dynamic class(1) Centaur
Absolute magnitude 7.00
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 46.673094 ± 0.002360 au
Eccentricity 0.495125777 ± 0.000022842
Inclination 44.827742436 ± 0.000119004 °
Longitude of ascending node 233.536993 ± 0.000071 °
Argument of perihelia 10.480702 ± 0.000497 °
Mean anomaly 7.049122 ± 0.000648 °
Orbital period 318.87 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 470309_2007JK43_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 2007-05-10
Date of last observation 2021-07-13
Number of observations used in the fit 306
Number of rejected observations 0
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 279
Number of unpublished observations 27
RMS of observations 0.110 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv4 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2021-01 0.047 0.043
2021-07 0.040 0.020
2022-01 0.069 0.038
2022-07 0.071 0.040
2023-01 0.099 0.036
2023-07 0.109 0.064
2024-01 0.135 0.041
2024-07 0.153 0.092
2025-01 0.177 0.054

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL9 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.