(468861) 2013LU28
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Object
Object | (468861) 2013LU28 |
Diameter(1) | 106 km |
Dynamic class(1) | Centaur? |
Absolute magnitude | 8.37 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2459200.5 |
Semi major axis | 189.703386 ± 0.030730 au |
Eccentricity | 0.953935397 ± 0.000007297 |
Inclination | 125.350114646 ± 0.000008893 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 275.974892 ± 0.000037 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 152.960957 ± 0.000347 ° |
Mean anomaly | 359.516668 ± 0.000119 ° |
Orbital period | 2612.89 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv4 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt |
bsp file | 468861_2013LU28_nima_v4.bsp |
Date of first observation | 2013-06-08 |
Date of last observation | 2022-02-02 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 797 |
Number of rejected observations | 13 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 599 |
Number of unpublished observations | 211 |
RMS of observations | 0.284 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv4 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2021-01 | 0.036 | 0.045 |
2021-07 | 0.082 | 0.035 |
2022-01 | 0.069 | 0.051 |
2022-07 | 0.188 | 0.067 |
2023-01 | 0.214 | 0.076 |
2023-07 | 0.331 | 0.203 |
2024-01 | 0.443 | 0.274 |
2024-07 | 0.465 | 0.448 |
2025-01 | 0.648 | 0.679 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL16 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.