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
2004-12-06 22:42:35 C 01 57 38.35 +15 10 47.2 c A62
2004-12-06 22:43:45 C 01 57 38.66 +15 10 48.5 c A62
2004-12-06 22:50:31 C 01 57 40.36 +15 10 52.8 c A62
2004-12-06 22:51:42 C 01 57 40.65 +15 10 52.9 c A62
2004-12-06 22:58:24 C 01 57 42.33 +15 10 57.6 c A62
2004-12-06 22:59:33 C 01 57 42.62 +15 10 58.2 c A62
2004-12-08 12:07:05 C 02 07 04.98 +15 34 32.8 r 379
2004-12-08 12:08:45 C 02 07 05.33 +15 34 33.7 r 379
2004-12-08 12:10:23 C 02 07 05.74 +15 34 35.0 r 379
2004-12-08 12:12:03 C 02 07 06.12 +15 34 35.9 r 379
2004-12-09 18:14:22 C 02 14 22.97 +15 51 44.5 c 127
2004-12-09 18:18:27 C 02 14 23.93 +15 51 46.7 c 127
2004-12-09 18:22:35 C 02 14 24.87 +15 51 49.3 c 127
2004-12-09 18:26:40 C 02 14 25.80 +15 51 51.5 c 127
2004-12-09 18:30:57 C 02 14 26.78 +15 51 53.9 c 127
2004-12-10 18:24:52 C 02 20 01.55 +16 04 45.4 c A27
2004-12-10 18:27:57 C 02 20 02.23 +16 04 46.3 c A27
2004-12-10 18:33:02 C 02 20 03.35 +16 04 50.3 c A27
2004-12-10 18:36:59 C 02 20 04.18 +16 04 53.6 c A27
2004-12-11 09:34:32 C 02 23 29.29 +16 12 41.5 r 379
2004-12-11 09:43:09 C 02 23 31.13 +16 12 45.8 r 379
2004-12-11 09:49:35 C 02 23 32.53 +16 12 48.9 r 379
2004-12-11 22:42:15 C 02 26 23.53 +16 18 59.5 c J71
2004-12-11 22:45:48 C 02 26 24.19 +16 19 01.1 c J71
2004-12-11 22:48:58 C 02 26 24.94 +16 19 03.7 c J71
2004-12-12 19:29:40 C 02 30 57.89 +16 28 56.7 o 160
2004-12-12 19:30:08 C 02 30 58.01 +16 28 56.7 o 160
2004-12-12 19:31:02 C 02 30 58.19 +16 28 57.5 o 160
2004-12-12 19:31:28 C 02 30 58.27 +16 28 57.3 o 160
2004-12-12 19:31:54 C 02 30 58.36 +16 28 58.4 o 160
2004-12-12 19:32:22 C 02 30 58.41 +16 28 57.4 o 160
2004-12-12 19:32:50 C 02 30 58.55 +16 28 58.5 o 160
2004-12-12 19:33:16 C 02 30 58.65 +16 28 58.5 o 160
2004-12-12 19:33:44 C 02 30 58.75 +16 28 58.5 o 160
2004-12-12 19:34:09 C 02 30 58.82 +16 28 59.1 o 160
2004-12-12 19:34:33 C 02 30 58.90 +16 28 58.9 o 160
2004-12-12 19:34:59 C 02 30 59.01 +16 28 59.5 o 160
2004-12-12 19:35:50 C 02 30 59.24 +16 28 59.4 o 160
2004-12-12 19:36:16 C 02 30 59.29 +16 28 59.7 o 160
2004-12-12 19:36:42 C 02 30 59.38 +16 29 00.2 o 160
2004-12-12 19:37:08 C 02 30 59.44 +16 29 00.4 o 160
2004-12-12 19:37:32 C 02 30 59.51 +16 29 00.5 o 160
2004-12-13 10:36:21 C 02 34 12.39 +16 35 53.0 r 379
2004-12-13 10:41:18 C 02 34 13.39 +16 35 55.2 r 379
2004-12-13 10:42:56 C 02 34 13.70 +16 35 55.5 r 379
2004-12-13 10:44:36 C 02 34 14.06 +16 35 56.4 r 379
2004-12-13 10:46:14 C 02 34 14.41 +16 35 57.3 r 379
2004-12-13 18:13:49 C 02 35 48.51 +16 39 00.0 o 084
2004-12-13 19:23:54 C 02 36 03.40 +16 39 36.7 c A62
2004-12-13 19:29:09 C 02 36 04.46 +16 39 39.2 c A62
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)