(69987) 1998WA25


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (69987) 1998WA25
Diameter(1) 168 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano
Absolute magnitude 7.08
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 42.592779 ± 0.007919 au
Eccentricity 0.025086184 ± 0.000064831
Inclination 1.047511527 ± 0.000073494 °
Longitude of ascending node 136.307973 ± 0.009277 °
Argument of perihelia 218.649835 ± 0.309996 °
Mean anomaly 82.975874 ± 0.312425 °
Orbital period 277.98 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 69987_1998WA25_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1998-11-19
Date of last observation 2018-01-05
Number of observations used in the fit 30
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 32
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.216 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv2 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2022-01 0.618 0.187
2022-07 0.705 0.185
2023-01 0.766 0.200
2023-07 0.860 0.197
2024-01 0.928 0.212
2024-07 1.025 0.209
2025-01 1.101 0.224
2025-07 1.202 0.220
2026-01 1.286 0.236

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL7 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.