J. Herman, T. Lowe, P. Minguez, A. Schultz, I. Smith
Usual measurers
K. Chambers, T. de Boer, J. Fairlamb, H. Gao, M. Huber, C.-C. Lin E. Magnier, Y. Ramanjooloo, R. Wainscoat, R. Weryk
Names are the people who usually observe at that site, from
Project Pluto's tables. MPC's astrometry records only the observatory
code, never the individual, so these are not the observer of this
particular object. Automated surveys list a telescope and no people.
Orbit
Perihelion q
1.5573 AU
Eccentricity e
0.7420
Inclination
5.2°
NEO-like
yes
Scatteredness
71″ × 13″
Observed from L01
no
Tonight
Best altitude
54.0° at 01:00 UT
Exposure
31.5 min
Window
0 min
Alt / Az now
46.0° / 223.0°
Sky motion
0.74″/min
Moon separation
174°
Sun altitude
-18°
Ephemeris rows
14 of 19 usable
nearSun×5
Sky-plane uncertainty
Variant orbits
2000
Distinct positions
159
MPC rounds offsets to whole arcseconds —
this cloud is small enough that the rounding dominates
Cloud extent
±63″ RA ·
±10″ Dec
Scatteredness
71″ × 13″
L01 field
2600″ × 2600″
One pointing covers
100.0%
Drawn from MPC's own variant-orbit offsets, at the same epoch as
their plot. Each orbit is one
solution consistent with the observations so far; the ring marks the nominal
position, and the field box appears only when it is comparable in size to the
cloud.
Dot size shows how many variants share a position. MPC
publishes these offsets rounded to whole arcseconds, so a tightly constrained
object has thousands of orbits landing on a handful of grid points —
their own picture is drawn from unrounded values and looks smoother. Sizing
by count puts that density back rather than stacking invisible dots. Hover any
dot for its share.