(56976) 2000SS161


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (56976) 2000SS161
Diameter(1) 30 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.57
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.240276 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.034879318 ± 0.000000101
Inclination 13.242517909 ± 0.000009199 °
Longitude of ascending node 76.196997 ± 0.000036 °
Argument of perihelia 321.994376 ± 0.000119 °
Mean anomaly 257.952454 ± 0.000118 °
Orbital period 12.00 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 56976_2000SS161_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1990-11-22
Date of last observation 2022-07-09
Number of observations used in the fit 1287
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 6
Number of MPC observations 1290
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.402 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

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)
2022-01 0.047 0.029
2022-07 0.076 0.044
2023-01 0.055 0.032
2023-07 0.077 0.047
2024-01 0.060 0.035
2024-07 0.068 0.046
2025-01 0.062 0.039
2025-07 0.061 0.040
2026-01 0.068 0.045

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL38 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.