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
2004-12-13 19:32:16 C 02 36 05.09 +16 39 40.2 c A62
2004-12-13 19:32:59 C 02 36 05.23 +16 39 40.9 c A62
2004-12-13 19:40:41 C 02 36 06.79 +16 39 44.1 c A62
2004-12-13 19:43:55 C 02 36 07.44 +16 39 45.4 c A62
2004-12-13 19:45:01 C 02 36 07.66 +16 39 46.1 c A62
2004-12-14 03:18:56 C 02 37 42.53 +16 43 10.7 15.9 c 704
2004-12-14 03:38:19 C 02 37 46.36 +16 43 18.8 16.2 c 704
2004-12-14 03:56:52 C 02 37 50.05 +16 43 26.7 16.2 c 704
2004-12-14 04:16:06 C 02 37 53.82 +16 43 35.0 17.2 c 704
2004-12-14 04:29:44 C 02 37 56.75 +16 43 40.7 o 699
2004-12-14 04:34:39 C 02 37 57.47 +16 43 42.9 16.2 c 704
2004-12-14 04:58:58 C 02 38 02.53 +16 43 52.7 o 699
2004-12-14 05:28:09 C 02 38 08.31 +16 44 05.0 o 699
2004-12-14 05:57:22 C 02 38 14.09 +16 44 17.2 o 699
2004-12-14 17:35:27 C 02 40 39.65 +16 48 58.9 o 198
2004-12-14 18:00:01 C 02 40 44.49 +16 49 09.6 o 198
2004-12-14 18:02:51 C 02 40 45.05 +16 49 10.7 o 198
2004-12-14 18:48:16 C 02 40 53.95 +16 49 28.7 c A27
2004-12-14 18:51:08 C 02 40 54.46 +16 49 30.2 c A27
2004-12-14 19:02:00 C 02 40 56.65 +16 49 35.0 c A27
2004-12-14 19:15:25 C 02 40 59.30 +16 49 40.3 c A27
2004-12-14 19:35:28 C 02 41 03.28 +16 49 49.2 c A27
2004-12-14 19:41:00 C 02 41 04.27 +16 49 51.2 c A27
2004-12-14 20:35:38 C 02 41 15.07 +16 50 14.2 c A27
2004-12-14 21:48:48 C 02 41 29.28 +16 50 46.4 r 203
2004-12-14 22:25:58 C 02 41 36.56 +16 51 00.8 r 203
2004-12-14 22:35:12 C 02 41 38.90 +16 51 03.2 c A27
2004-12-14 22:52:28 C 02 41 41.99 +16 51 08.5 c A27
2004-12-14 23:04:29 C 02 41 44.19 +16 51 13.2 c A27
2004-12-15 10:51:30 C 02 44 07.67 +16 56 49.6 15.3 z E16
2004-12-15 11:22:55 C 02 44 13.55 +16 57 02.1 15.2 z E16
2004-12-15 11:50:01 C 02 44 18.68 +16 57 12.7 15.6 z E16
2004-12-16 03:10:35 C 02 47 21.45 +17 02 34.0 17.0 c 704
2004-12-16 03:29:13 C 02 47 24.94 +17 02 40.4 17.2 c 704
2004-12-16 03:47:51 C 02 47 28.37 +17 02 47.1 17.1 c 704
2004-12-16 04:06:34 C 02 47 31.87 +17 02 50.8 17.1 c 704
2004-12-16 04:25:11 C 02 47 35.37 +17 03 01.3 17.1 c 704
2004-12-17 11:49:12 C 02 53 36.71 +17 14 27.8 r 379
2004-12-17 11:51:21 C 02 53 37.07 +17 14 28.8 r 379
2004-12-17 11:53:31 C 02 53 37.48 +17 14 29.4 r 379
2004-12-17 11:55:02 C 02 53 37.25 +17 15 10.3 15.4 z E16
2004-12-17 11:55:39 C 02 53 37.87 +17 14 30.2 r 379
2004-12-17 12:17:40 C 02 53 41.39 +17 15 17.3 15.6 z E16
2004-12-17 12:35:37 C 02 53 44.56 +17 15 23.4 15.9 z E16
2004-12-18 21:10:47 C 02 59 44.99 +17 25 44.3 r 203
2004-12-18 21:56:51 C 02 59 52.95 +17 25 59.2 r 203
2004-12-19 18:05:23 C 03 03 29.80 +17 32 22.6 o 631
2004-12-19 18:11:55 C 03 03 30.86 +17 32 24.7 o 631
2004-12-19 19:50:32 C 03 03 47.64 +17 32 56.4 o 631
2004-12-19 19:57:05 C 03 03 48.71 +17 32 58.4 o 631
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)