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
1997-01-11 08:38:47 C 05 22 41.01 +20 38 32.7 c 608
1997-01-11 09:38:37 C 05 22 43.04 +20 38 29.2 c 608
1997-01-15 07:55:18 C 05 26 36.15 +20 34 44.6 c 608
1997-01-15 09:04:55 C 05 26 38.71 +20 34 42.8 c 608
1997-01-18 08:07:42 C 05 29 44.41 +20 33 04.7 c 608
1997-01-18 09:03:51 C 05 29 46.61 +20 33 03.4 c 608
1997-01-21 07:59:50 C 05 33 00.49 +20 32 14.4 c 608
1997-01-21 09:15:25 C 05 33 03.63 +20 32 13.4 c 608
1997-01-25 07:24:59 C 05 37 34.01 +20 32 06.0 c 608
1997-01-25 08:33:53 C 05 37 37.52 +20 32 05.5 c 608
1997-01-26 17:20:37 C 05 39 15.11 +20 32 06.8 z 118
1997-01-26 17:26:28 C 05 39 15.37 +20 32 07.1 z 118
1997-02-01 07:35:30 C 05 46 10.04 +20 33 32.4 c 608
1997-02-01 08:45:55 C 05 46 13.55 +20 33 37.0 c 608
1997-02-02 19:37:35 C 05 48 06.31 +20 33 53.5 z 118
1997-02-02 19:47:40 C 05 48 06.82 +20 33 53.4 z 118
1997-02-08 07:47:02 C 05 55 28.23 +20 35 45.9 c 608
1997-02-08 09:33:23 C 05 55 33.97 +20 35 46.1 c 608
1997-02-10 03:23:04 C 05 57 59.69 +20 36 15.4 i 711
1997-02-10 03:37:45 C 05 58 00.44 +20 36 16.4 i 711
1997-02-11 02:52:38 C 05 59 22.46 +20 36 31.4 i 711
1997-02-11 03:07:12 C 05 59 23.10 +20 36 31.5 i 711
2000-02-12 09:48:56 C 11 36 49.857 -01 23 58.75 e 645
2000-02-12 09:53:56 C 11 36 49.632 -01 23 57.62 21.45 e 645
2000-03-06 09:38:18 C 11 08 17.68 +01 26 40.1 c 608
2000-03-06 09:54:06 C 11 08 16.83 +01 26 44.8 c 608
2000-03-06 10:10:24 C 11 08 15.93 +01 26 51.1 c 608
2003-04-09 07:45:29 C 12 42 02.08 -07 55 42.3 c 673
2003-04-09 07:54:29 C 12 42 01.57 -07 55 39.3 c 673
2003-04-09 08:03:20 C 12 42 01.08 -07 55 36.1 c 673
2003-04-09 08:12:09 C 12 42 00.60 -07 55 33.2 c 673
2004-06-14 08:06:44 C 20 40 29.71 -16 37 32.5 19.6 c 704
2004-06-14 08:21:19 C 20 40 29.95 -16 37 29.5 19.7 c 704
2004-06-14 08:36:01 C 20 40 30.16 -16 37 26.7 19.0 c 704
2004-06-14 08:50:35 C 20 40 30.46 -16 37 24.0 18.9 c 704
2004-06-24 01:01:27 C 20 43 26.74 -15 53 13.2 c 599
2004-06-24 01:20:27 C 20 43 26.80 -15 53 09.9 c 599
2004-06-24 01:39:29 C 20 43 26.86 -15 53 06.7 c 599
2004-07-09 07:49:51 C 20 40 54.48 -14 54 40.7 o 699
2004-07-09 08:08:33 C 20 40 54.01 -14 54 37.6 o 699
2004-07-09 08:27:15 C 20 40 53.61 -14 54 37.5 o 699
2004-07-09 08:45:56 C 20 40 53.10 -14 54 32.7 o 699
2004-07-10 00:05:26 C 20 40 33.87 -14 52 28.2 r 170
2004-07-10 00:21:06 C 20 40 33.45 -14 52 26.0 r 170
2004-07-11 06:58:25 C 20 39 51.15 -14 48 19.3 19.1 c 704
2004-07-11 07:13:39 C 20 39 50.71 -14 48 16.4 19.2 c 704
2004-07-11 07:30:19 C 20 39 50.32 -14 48 15.0 18.2 c 704
2004-07-11 07:45:23 C 20 39 49.89 -14 48 12.9 18.0 c 704
2004-07-11 08:00:16 C 20 39 49.51 -14 48 10.9 18.6 c 704
2004-07-16 06:30:31 C 20 36 22.73 -14 33 30.6 17.1 c 704
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)