(225088) Gonggong


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Object

Object (225088) Gonggong
Diameter(1) 1535 km
Dynamic class(1) res 3:10
Absolute magnitude 1.92
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2457166.2723815
Semi major axis 66.876500 ± 0.003692 au
Eccentricity 0.506460716 ± 0.000034929
Inclination 30.946913673 ± 0.000272002 °
Longitude of ascending node 336.813477 ± 0.000051 °
Argument of perihelia 206.717208 ± 0.006267 °
Mean anomaly 103.942872 ± 0.015799 °
Orbital period 546.91 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 225088_Gonggong_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1985-08-19
Date of last observation 2021-10-24
Number of observations used in the fit 430
Number of rejected observations 1
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 413
Number of unpublished observations 18
RMS of observations 0.163 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv5 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 0.045
2021-07 0.057 0.052
2022-01 0.052 0.052
2022-07 0.064 0.060
2023-01 0.058 0.060
2023-07 0.072 0.070
2024-01 0.065 0.069
2024-07 0.082 0.081
2025-01 0.073 0.080

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL12 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.