3908 Nyx (1980 PA)

NEO ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.4590032671 ± 2.00e+00
Semi-major axis (a)1.9278929483 AU ± 3.00e+00
Inclination (i)2.18636566° ± 4.00e+00
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)261.19174891° ± 5.00e+00
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)126.65988085° ± 6.00e+00
Mean Anomaly (M)312.97146977° ± 2.87e-05
Mean Motion (n)0.3682034928°/day ± 8.59e-01
Perihelion dist (q)1.04298379 AU ± 4.18e+00
Aphelion dist (Q)2.81280211 AU ± 5.83e+00
Orbital Period2.67685207 yr ± 6.25e+00
NGA Modelr2
A2-3.27808799e-08 AU/d²
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)17.45
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-04-26
RMS Residual0.809″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeAmor
MOID0.055611 AU
Observations Used2075
Radar Obs Used16
Gaia Obs Used72
Oppositions22
Arc Total1980-2025
First Observation Used1980-08-06
Last Observation Used2025-06-26
Observations (2135)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
1980-08-06 06:33:00 A 23 30 04.70 +05 05 08.7 17.0 809
1980-08-06 06:33:00 X 23 30.09 +05 04.9 17.0 p 809
1980-08-07 07:34:00 A 23 32 51.86 +05 36 42.1 809
1980-08-08 05:12:42 A 23 35 21.17 +06 04 08.3 17.0 A 801
1980-08-08 09:20:00 A 23 35 49.32 +06 09 32.3 17.5 688
1980-08-09 07:56:29 A 23 38 28.24 +06 40 08.2 809
1980-08-10 05:33:04 A 23 41 05.6 +07 09 05 A 801
1980-08-10 06:08:24 A 23 41 10.01 +07 10 23.5 809
1980-08-13 04:04:55 A 23 50 05.52 +08 49 52.7 A 801
1980-08-14 05:12:04 A 23 53 29.01 +09 27 47.0 A 801
1980-08-14 06:56:59 A 23 53 42.78 +09 31 06.4 809
1980-08-17 10:16:59 A 00 04 37.31 +11 30 32.9 17.0 688
1980-08-18 05:24:00 A 00 07 35.66 +12 02 33.0 A 801
1980-09-02 22:51:14 A 01 28 09.32 +24 35 46.8 046
1980-09-02 22:57:38 A 01 28 11.08 +24 36 00.5 046
1980-09-03 23:14:10 A 01 35 11.98 +25 29 01.5 046
1980-09-03 23:21:21 A 01 35 13.99 +25 29 17.1 046
1980-09-04 06:22:32 A 01 37 18.31 +25 44 46.9 A 801
1980-09-07 05:48:20 A 01 59 42.41 +28 17 46.3 A 801
1980-09-07 09:27:59 A 02 00 54.45 +28 25 36.3 17.0 688
1980-09-18 10:47:59 A 03 41 04.77 +35 35 40.8 17.0 688
1980-11-06 09:59:11 A 08 00 00.44 +25 03 55.3 A 801
1980-12-05 09:33:08 A 08 01 25.81 +20 23 46.0 A 801
1981-01-03 07:09:27 A 07 16 26.96 +19 28 26.3 A 801
1981-01-06 06:50:36 A 07 12 02.67 +19 28 07.2 A 801
1988-07-06 10:26:10 A 21 42 22.25 -10 12 58.4 675
1988-07-06 10:32:01 A 21 42 22.43 -10 12 56.0 675
1988-07-07 10:10:32 A 21 43 10.42 -10 03 07.6 675
1988-07-07 10:16:38 A 21 43 10.60 -10 03 05.2 675
1988-07-08 10:41:36 A 21 43 58.85 -09 52 54.2 675
1988-07-08 10:47:46 A 21 43 59.03 -09 52 51.9 675
1988-07-08 10:55:25 A 21 43 59.24 -09 52 48.6 675
1988-07-29 13:18:51 A 21 56 06.59 -05 59 32.0 568
1988-08-09 04:55:26 A 21 59 07.24 -03 34 45.6 801
1988-08-17 21:44:00 A 22 00 33.42 -01 11 54.7 17.0 511
1988-08-17 22:45:59 A 22 00 33.39 -01 11 08.2 17.0 511
1988-08-23 07:55:05 A 22 01 28.07 +00 34 15.2 657
1988-08-23 08:44:06 A 22 01 28.13 +00 34 58.6 657
1988-08-24 09:17:05 A 22 01 40.74 +00 57 02.1 657
1988-08-24 09:46:05 A 22 01 40.81 +00 57 29.1 657
1988-09-02 05:35:00 A 22 04 47.09 +04 41 22.3 657
1988-09-02 22:30:13 A 22 05 09.29 +05 02 24.2 503
1988-09-03 06:15:59 A 22 05 20.71 +05 12 17.2 657
1988-09-03 06:49:29 A 22 05 21.33 +05 13 00.2 657
1988-09-03 07:25:35 A 22 05 23.45 +05 14 09.4 568
1988-09-04 06:20:59 A 22 05 57.21 +05 43 31.9 657
1988-09-04 07:05:00 A 22 05 57.86 +05 44 30.9 657
1988-09-07 12:51:00 A 22 08 21.79 +07 34 47.5 568
1988-09-08 09:04:59 A 22 09 11.92 +08 05 49.5 568
1988-09-09 05:25:04 A 22 10 01.14 +08 37 39.6 801
Radar Observations (32)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1988-09-25 02:30:00 67856.4 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1988-09-25 03:35:00 83363235 20 us 2380 -1 -1
1988-09-25.104167 6785640 100 Hz 2380 251 251
1988-09-25.149306 8336323500 20000 us 2380 251 251
1988-09-26 03:08:00 81027438 2 us 2380 -1 -1
1988-09-26.130556 8102743800 2000 us 2380 251 251
1988-09-27 03:00:00 78763284 2 us 2380 -1 -1
1988-09-27.125000 7876328400 2000 us 2380 251 251
1988-10-06 07:45:00 63835350 10 us 8495 -14 -14
1988-10-06.322917 6383535000 10000 us 8495 253 253
1988-10-19 07:00:00 66513356.1 1.4 us 8495 -14 -14
1988-10-19 09:00:00 66612701.5 1.4 us 8495 -14 -14
1988-10-19.291667 6651335610 1400 us 8495 253 253
1988-10-19.375000 6661270150 1400 us 8495 253 253
2004-11-15 23:39:00 139206966.95 8 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-11-15.985417 13920696695 8000 us 2380 251 251
2004-11-16 00:37:00 139214872 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-11-16 23:31:00 139485862 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-11-16.025694 13921487200 1000 us 2380 251 251
2004-11-16.979861 13948586200 1000 us 2380 251 251
2004-11-17 01:05:00 139511312 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-11-17 23:29:00 139953160.6 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-11-17.045139 13951131200 1000 us 2380 251 251
2004-11-17.978472 13995316060 1000 us 2380 251 251
2004-11-18 01:12:00 139994542 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-11-18 23:33:00 140614951.6 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-11-18.050000 13999454200 1000 us 2380 251 251
2004-11-18.981250 14061495160 1000 us 2380 251 251
2004-11-19 00:11:00 140634288 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-11-19 01:07:00 140665020.9 1 us 2380 -1 -1
2004-11-19.007639 14063428800 1000 us 2380 251 251
2004-11-19.046528 14066502090 1000 us 2380 251 251
Station codes
-14 DSS-14 Goldstone (70-m) -1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)