(68444) 2001RH142


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Object

Object (68444) 2001RH142
Diameter(1) 30 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.62
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.206863 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.025970428 ± 0.000000090
Inclination 30.059457487 ± 0.000005721 °
Longitude of ascending node 123.392547 ± 0.000020 °
Argument of perihelia 88.117324 ± 0.000137 °
Mean anomaly 60.923630 ± 0.000131 °
Orbital period 11.88 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 68444_2001RH142_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1994-01-17
Date of last observation 2022-07-14
Number of observations used in the fit 1452
Number of rejected observations 3
Number of DES observations 15
Number of MPC observations 1423
Number of unpublished observations 17
RMS of observations 0.400 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv3 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2022-01 0.028 0.024
2022-07 0.046 0.039
2023-01 0.036 0.030
2023-07 0.058 0.044
2024-01 0.043 0.032
2024-07 0.061 0.038
2025-01 0.050 0.029
2025-07 0.059 0.031
2026-01 0.057 0.025

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL31 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.