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
1996-12-04 17:31:05 C 04 46 28.84 +24 42 22.4 z 117
1996-12-04 17:53:55 C 04 46 30.51 +24 42 14.4 z 117
1996-12-04 22:03:15 C 04 46 44.894 +24 39 44.23 V 557
1996-12-04 22:07:05 C 04 46 45.097 +24 39 41.96 V 557
1996-12-04 22:55:36 C 04 46 47.758 +24 39 11.81 V 557
1996-12-04 22:59:26 C 04 46 47.961 +24 39 09.53 V 557
1996-12-05 00:14:20 C 04 46 52.051 +24 38 21.86 V 557
1996-12-05 00:18:08 C 04 46 52.277 +24 38 19.32 V 557
1996-12-05 01:52:42 C 04 46 57.591 +24 37 17.08 V 557
1996-12-05 02:22:38 C 04 46 59.334 +24 36 56.96 V 557
1996-12-05 22:12:00 C 04 48 17.63 +24 24 51.0 482
1996-12-05 22:21:50 C 04 48 18.15 +24 24 45.4 482
1996-12-05 22:25:01 C 04 48 18.32 +24 24 43.4 482
1996-12-06 01:27:59 04 48 27.22 +24 23 01.7 098
1996-12-06 01:57:59 04 48 28.76 +24 22 42.8 098
1996-12-06 19:41:01 C 04 49 36.11 +24 12 09.7 482
1996-12-06 19:47:36 C 04 49 36.47 +24 12 06.4 482
1996-12-06 19:53:22 C 04 49 36.79 +24 12 03.5 482
1996-12-07 02:17:12 C 04 50 00.42 +24 08 52.3 z 732
1996-12-07 02:32:07 C 04 50 01.18 +24 08 44.9 z 732
1996-12-08 00:44:32 04 51 12.07 +23 56 08.2 098
1996-12-08 01:13:29 04 51 13.27 +23 55 54.4 098
1996-12-08 05:32:20 C 04 51 29.46 +23 53 57.7 z 732
1996-12-12 16:53:10 C 04 56 40.55 +23 01 48.7 z 385
1996-12-12 16:59:07 C 04 56 40.76 +23 01 45.9 z 385
1996-12-12 17:05:04 C 04 56 40.97 +23 01 43.1 z 385
1996-12-12 19:48:21 C 04 56 51.29 +23 00 17.9 482
1996-12-12 19:57:11 C 04 56 51.64 +23 00 14.2 482
1996-12-12 20:19:57 C 04 56 52.59 +23 00 05.2 482
1996-12-13 19:09:07 C 04 57 51.54 +22 50 31.7 482
1996-12-13 19:14:57 C 04 57 51.73 +22 50 29.5 482
1996-12-13 19:20:47 C 04 57 51.94 +22 50 27.3 482
1996-12-14 21:27:59 C 04 58 56.04 +22 40 18.2 z 476
1996-12-14 21:50:30 C 04 58 56.75 +22 40 09.7 z 476
1996-12-14 23:15:33 C 04 58 59.73 +22 39 41.6 z 962
1996-12-14 23:21:48 C 04 58 59.97 +22 39 39.3 z 962
1996-12-14 23:55:49 C 04 59 00.99 +22 39 26.1 z 962
1996-12-14 23:59:40 C 04 59 01.08 +22 39 24.7 z 962
1996-12-14 23:59:41 C 04 59 01.31 +22 39 13.6 482
1996-12-15 00:02:37 C 04 59 01.40 +22 39 12.6 482
1996-12-15 00:05:31 C 04 59 01.50 +22 39 11.4 482
1996-12-15 00:45:35 C 04 59 02.50 +22 39 06.2 z 962
1996-12-15 00:54:44 C 04 59 02.78 +22 39 02.6 z 962
1996-12-15 20:57:20 C 04 59 52.59 +22 31 30.1 z 108
1996-12-15 21:12:59 C 04 59 53.39 +22 31 25.6 z 619
1996-12-15 21:21:10 C 04 59 53.65 +22 31 22.8 z 619
1996-12-15 21:27:43 C 04 59 53.53 +22 31 19.2 z 108
1996-12-16 22:02:32 C 05 00 50.81 +22 22 29.1 482
1996-12-16 22:05:26 C 05 00 50.96 +22 22 28.2 482
1996-12-17 08:11:35 C 05 01 14.40 +22 19 23.8 c 608
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)