(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 4.30
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 42.358482 ± 0.001351 au
Eccentricity 0.101554423 ± 0.000012043
Inclination 23.924720978 ± 0.000016497 °
Longitude of ascending node 280.029973 ± 0.000175 °
Argument of perihelia 313.261801 ± 0.012653 °
Mean anomaly 125.192324 ± 0.013534 °
Orbital period 275.69 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv9
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv9.txt
bsp file 120347_Salacia_nima_v9.bsp
Date of first observation 1982-07-25
Date of last observation 2021-11-01
Number of observations used in the fit 374
Number of rejected observations 2
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 340
Number of unpublished observations 36
RMS of observations 0.523 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv9 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2022-01 0.058 0.055
2022-07 0.074 0.050
2023-01 0.064 0.058
2023-07 0.085 0.056
2024-01 0.072 0.062
2024-07 0.097 0.062
2025-01 0.080 0.067
2025-07 0.110 0.069
2026-01 0.091 0.072

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv9 and JPL25 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.