(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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 18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

residual plot

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

residual plot

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.