(120347) Salacia


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (120347) Salacia
Diameter(1) 854 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano
Absolute magnitude 4.00
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 41.948203 ± 0.001326 au
Eccentricity 0.109689417 ± 0.000013176
Inclination 23.924554984 ± 0.000016594 °
Longitude of ascending node 279.955245 ± 0.000177 °
Argument of perihelia 309.621083 ± 0.011311 °
Mean anomaly 122.913577 ± 0.011937 °
Orbital period 271.69 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv8
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv8.txt
bsp file 120347_Salacia_nima_v8.bsp
Date of first observation 1982-07-25
Date of last observation 2021-10-26
Number of observations used in the fit 370
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 336
Number of unpublished observations 36
RMS of observations 0.526 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv8 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2021-01 0.054 0.052
2021-07 0.066 0.046
2022-01 0.059 0.055
2022-07 0.074 0.051
2023-01 0.065 0.059
2023-07 0.085 0.057
2024-01 0.072 0.063
2024-07 0.097 0.063
2025-01 0.081 0.068

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv8 and JPL24 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.