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
2004-11-29 12:00:02 C 01 06 38.29 +12 42 21.7 r 379
2004-11-29 12:03:21 C 01 06 39.26 +12 42 24.9 r 379
2004-11-29 12:04:59 C 01 06 39.75 +12 42 26.5 r 379
2004-11-30 10:38:30 C 01 13 39.02 +13 04 50.3 r 379
2004-11-30 10:41:49 C 01 13 40.02 +13 04 53.1 r 379
2004-11-30 10:45:07 C 01 13 40.98 +13 04 56.7 r 379
2004-11-30 10:50:04 C 01 13 42.44 +13 05 01.4 r 379
2004-11-30 17:51:38 C 01 15 51.70 +13 11 32.6 c 127
2004-11-30 17:55:58 C 01 15 52.97 +13 11 36.8 c 127
2004-11-30 18:00:02 C 01 15 54.16 +13 11 41.0 c 127
2004-11-30 18:04:37 C 01 15 55.50 +13 11 45.0 c 127
2004-12-02 03:35:34 C 01 25 55.54 +13 42 42.8 15.1 c 644
2004-12-02 04:06:55 C 01 26 04.34 +13 43 10.7 15.0 c 644
2004-12-02 04:37:44 C 01 26 12.98 +13 43 37.8 15.1 c 644
2004-12-02 11:01:25 C 01 28 05.67 +13 49 10.9 r 379
2004-12-02 11:03:03 C 01 28 06.12 +13 49 12.3 r 379
2004-12-02 11:14:36 C 01 28 09.33 +13 49 22.3 r 379
2004-12-02 11:16:16 C 01 28 09.82 +13 49 23.5 r 379
2004-12-03 00:42:54 C 01 32 01.07 +14 00 33.6 c J93
2004-12-03 00:45:57 C 01 32 01.97 +14 00 36.3 c J93
2004-12-03 00:49:01 C 01 32 02.81 +14 00 38.7 c J93
2004-12-03 04:25:57 C 01 33 06.40 +14 03 57.2 15.5 c 704
2004-12-03 04:43:35 C 01 33 11.23 +14 04 11.5 15.8 c 704
2004-12-03 05:01:15 C 01 33 16.04 +14 04 26.1 15.9 c 704
2004-12-03 05:18:55 C 01 33 20.89 +14 04 40.3 16.3 c 704
2004-12-03 05:36:36 C 01 33 25.74 +14 04 55.4 16.3 c 704
2004-12-03 10:59:31 C 01 34 59.43 +14 09 19.9 r 379
2004-12-03 11:01:09 C 01 34 59.88 +14 09 21.1 r 379
2004-12-03 11:06:06 C 01 35 01.25 +14 09 25.4 r 379
2004-12-03 11:07:46 C 01 35 01.70 +14 09 26.9 r 379
2004-12-04 01:34:06 C 01 39 05.40 +14 20 55.5 o H97
2004-12-04 01:59:43 C 01 39 12.27 +14 21 16.3 o H97
2004-12-04 02:54:00 C 01 39 26.84 +14 21 58.0 o H97
2004-12-06 10:35:47 C 01 54 31.72 +15 02 50.9 r 379
2004-12-06 10:40:43 C 01 54 32.97 +15 02 54.5 r 379
2004-12-06 10:42:23 C 01 54 33.36 +15 02 55.4 r 379
2004-12-06 10:47:20 C 01 54 34.63 +15 02 59.1 r 379
2004-12-06 17:53:07 C 01 56 26.14 +15 07 35.1 r 240
2004-12-06 17:55:07 C 01 56 26.61 +15 07 36.4 r 240
2004-12-06 17:55:46 C 01 56 26.77 +15 07 36.8 r 240
2004-12-06 17:58:26 C 01 56 27.45 +15 07 38.7 r 240
2004-12-06 17:59:45 C 01 56 27.78 +15 07 39.6 r 240
2004-12-06 18:00:25 C 01 56 27.95 +15 07 40.1 r 240
2004-12-06 18:01:05 C 01 56 28.11 +15 07 40.5 r 240
2004-12-06 18:02:25 C 01 56 28.44 +15 07 41.4 r 240
2004-12-06 18:03:45 C 01 56 28.78 +15 07 42.2 r 240
2004-12-06 18:05:04 C 01 56 29.13 +15 07 43.2 r 240
2004-12-06 18:07:04 C 01 56 29.62 +15 07 44.6 r 240
2004-12-06 18:07:44 C 01 56 29.78 +15 07 45.0 r 240
2004-12-06 18:09:04 C 01 56 30.13 +15 07 45.9 r 240
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)