(47171) Lempo


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Object

Object (47171) Lempo
Diameter(1) 286 km
Dynamic class(1) plutino
Absolute magnitude 4.70
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 39.265527 ± 0.000554 au
Eccentricity 0.222068731 ± 0.000009151
Inclination 8.424128955 ± 0.000016309 °
Longitude of ascending node 97.012848 ± 0.000626 °
Argument of perihelia 294.516432 ± 0.000490 °
Mean anomaly 6.170798 ± 0.000320 °
Orbital period 246.05 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv9
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv9.txt
bsp file 47171_Lempo_nima_v9.bsp
Date of first observation 1974-06-18
Date of last observation 2020-11-10
Number of observations used in the fit 614
Number of rejected observations 6
Number of DES observations 11
Number of MPC observations 528
Number of unpublished observations 81
RMS of observations 0.268 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv9 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2021-01 0.043 0.037
2021-07 0.052 0.040
2022-01 0.049 0.041
2022-07 0.064 0.045
2023-01 0.058 0.046
2023-07 0.078 0.051
2024-01 0.070 0.052
2024-07 0.093 0.057
2025-01 0.084 0.058

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv9 and JPL32 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.