(99943) 2005AS2


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (99943) 2005AS2
Diameter(1) 28 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.71
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.296161 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.109014653 ± 0.000000016
Inclination 13.538405999 ± 0.000000394 °
Longitude of ascending node 116.260607 ± 0.000001 °
Argument of perihelia 90.611283 ± 0.000009 °
Mean anomaly 94.559083 ± 0.000006 °
Orbital period 12.19 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 99943_2005AS2_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1996-06-21
Date of last observation 2022-07-05
Number of observations used in the fit 1812
Number of rejected observations 6
Number of DES observations 38
Number of MPC observations 1479
Number of unpublished observations 2
RMS of observations 0.120 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 0.006 0.001
2022-07 0.011 0.002
2023-01 0.009 0.001
2023-07 0.015 0.004
2024-01 0.013 0.004
2024-07 0.018 0.007
2025-01 0.018 0.006
2025-07 0.020 0.008
2026-01 0.023 0.009

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL32 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.