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
1996-11-03 19:11:29 01 46 29.67 +35 46 39.8 m 026
1996-11-03 19:33:07 C 01 46 40.22 +35 46 44.4 z 557
1996-11-03 19:37:19 C 01 46 42.475 +35 46 45.70 V 557
1996-11-03 19:46:30 C 01 46 47.357 +35 46 47.81 V 557
1996-11-03 20:15:09 C 01 47 02.608 +35 46 54.17 V 557
1996-11-03 20:16:33 C 01 47 03.338 +35 46 54.56 V 557
1996-11-03 20:35:02 C 01 47 13.13 +35 46 57.7 z 557
1996-11-03 20:56:17 C 01 47 24.349 +35 47 01.57 V 557
1996-11-03 21:00:06 C 01 47 26.398 +35 47 02.07 V 557
1996-11-03 21:18:12 C 01 47 35.94 +35 47 04.6 z 557
1996-11-03 22:17:21 C 01 48 07.118 +35 47 11.09 V 557
1996-11-03 23:12:09 C 01 48 35.970 +35 47 13.37 V 557
1996-11-03 23:17:26 C 01 48 38.744 +35 47 13.39 V 557
1996-11-03 23:37:16 C 01 48 49.21 +35 47 12.8 z 557
1996-11-04 00:02:21 C 01 49 02.47 +35 47 12.0 z 557
1996-11-04 00:59:19 C 01 49 43.08 +35 47 25.8 z 823
1996-11-04 01:10:22 C 01 49 48.89 +35 47 28.3 z 823
1996-11-04 01:16:45 C 01 49 52.24 +35 47 29.5 z 823
1996-11-04 01:26:35 C 01 49 57.41 +35 47 31.4 z 823
1996-11-04 02:08:59 C 01 50 21.64 +35 47 23.5 z 750
1996-11-04 02:15:00 C 01 50 24.81 +35 47 24.8 z 750
1996-11-04 02:24:59 C 01 50 30.09 +35 47 26.9 z 750
1996-11-04 17:59:05 C 01 59 01.81 +35 46 25.2 z 117
1996-11-04 18:17:19 C 01 59 11.52 +35 46 27.7 z 117
1996-11-04 18:55:24 C 01 59 31.16 +35 46 28.8 z 117
1996-11-04 19:13:53 C 01 59 40.73 +35 46 29.4 z 117
1996-11-04 19:19:47 C 01 59 43.76 +35 46 30.0 z 117
1996-11-04 19:34:06 C 01 59 51.12 +35 46 29.5 z 117
1996-11-05 06:24:02 C 02 05 32.06 +35 45 02.3 z 700
1996-11-05 06:44:02 C 02 05 41.84 +35 44 57.0 z 700
1996-11-05 07:04:03 C 02 05 51.64 +35 44 51.3 z 700
1996-11-05 20:27:04 C 02 12 53.28 +35 39 57.0 z 127
1996-11-05 20:30:04 C 02 12 54.75 +35 39 56.7 z 127
1996-11-06 22:27:28 C 02 25 47.76 +35 27 44.5 z 491
1996-11-06 22:33:02 C 02 25 50.19 +35 27 41.4 z 491
1996-11-06 22:35:59 C 02 25 51.52 +35 27 39.9 z 491
1996-11-06 22:38:28 C 02 25 52.63 +35 27 39.4 z 491
1996-11-06 22:43:06 C 02 25 54.67 +35 27 36.8 z 491
1996-11-06 22:58:53 C 02 26 00.46 +35 27 06.5 z 127
1996-11-06 23:01:52 C 02 26 01.83 +35 27 04.7 z 127
1996-11-07 05:59:00 C 02 29 20.50 +35 22 57.9 z 750
1996-11-07 06:09:59 C 02 29 25.38 +35 22 50.6 z 750
1996-11-07 06:15:00 C 02 29 27.60 +35 22 47.2 z 750
1996-11-07 22:30:07 C 02 37 03.44 +35 10 59.9 482
1996-11-07 22:31:42 C 02 37 04.12 +35 10 58.2 482
1996-11-08 01:35:02 C 02 38 31.64 +35 08 38.4 z 750
1996-11-08 01:50:00 C 02 38 38.15 +35 08 29.5 z 750
1996-11-08 02:17:00 C 02 38 49.83 +35 08 13.2 z 750
1996-11-08 03:05:02 C 02 39 10.39 +35 07 42.9 z 750
1996-11-08 06:55:11 C 02 40 48.90 +35 05 07.7 z 700
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)