(44594) 1999OX3


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (44594) 1999OX3
Diameter(1) 151 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) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 32.198514 ± 0.000520 au
Eccentricity 0.453352422 ± 0.000006679
Inclination 2.625939548 ± 0.000013677 °
Longitude of ascending node 259.043471 ± 0.001375 °
Argument of perihelia 144.320763 ± 0.002043 °
Mean anomaly 350.603562 ± 0.000442 °
Orbital period 182.71 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 44594_1999OX3_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1999-07-21
Date of last observation 2020-11-14
Number of observations used in the fit 660
Number of rejected observations 3
Number of DES observations 9
Number of MPC observations 637
Number of unpublished observations 17
RMS of observations 0.287 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv3 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2021-01 0.055 0.046
2021-07 0.105 0.056
2022-01 0.079 0.055
2022-07 0.153 0.068
2023-01 0.124 0.067
2023-07 0.216 0.081
2024-01 0.191 0.081
2024-07 0.293 0.094
2025-01 0.278 0.097

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL40 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.