(56976) 2000SS161


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (56976) 2000SS161
Diameter(1) 30 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.56
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2457109.157145145
Semi major axis 5.241046 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.035861864 ± 0.000000140
Inclination 13.241346257 ± 0.000008996 °
Longitude of ascending node 76.199548 ± 0.000035 °
Argument of perihelia 324.578824 ± 0.000149 °
Mean anomaly 33.837418 ± 0.000152 °
Orbital period 12.00 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 56976_2000SS161_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1990-11-22
Date of last observation 2020-09-05
Number of observations used in the fit 1222
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 6
Number of MPC observations 1225
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.398 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 0.041 0.028
2021-07 0.063 0.042
2022-01 0.051 0.030
2022-07 0.082 0.045
2023-01 0.059 0.032
2023-07 0.083 0.049
2024-01 0.064 0.036
2024-07 0.072 0.048
2025-01 0.065 0.041

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL35 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.