(8405) Asbolus
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Object
Object | (8405) Asbolus |
Diameter(1) | 84 km |
Dynamic class(1) | Centaur |
Absolute magnitude | 9.07 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2459800.5 |
Semi major axis | 18.049747 ± 0.000025 au |
Eccentricity | 0.620480545 ± 0.000000584 |
Inclination | 17.612397525 ± 0.000007149 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 5.805077 ± 0.000036 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 290.724702 ± 0.000046 ° |
Mean anomaly | 93.910282 ± 0.000208 ° |
Orbital period | 76.69 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv6 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt |
bsp file | 8405_Asbolus_nima_v6.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1995-03-28 |
Date of last observation | 2018-09-14 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 519 |
Number of rejected observations | 11 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 512 |
Number of unpublished observations | 18 |
RMS of observations | 0.450 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2022-01 | 0.079 | 0.022 |
2022-07 | 0.081 | 0.019 |
2023-01 | 0.090 | 0.022 |
2023-07 | 0.091 | 0.020 |
2024-01 | 0.100 | 0.023 |
2024-07 | 0.101 | 0.022 |
2025-01 | 0.111 | 0.024 |
2025-07 | 0.111 | 0.024 |
2026-01 | 0.122 | 0.025 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL47 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.