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
2005-01-06 05:26:33 C 04 03 02.53 +19 05 37.7 16.9 c 704
2005-01-06 05:46:19 C 04 03 04.72 +19 05 40.3 17.1 c 704
2005-01-06 06:05:10 C 04 03 06.82 +19 05 43.2 17.1 c 704
2005-01-06 06:24:52 C 04 03 09.04 +19 05 46.7 17.7 c 704
2005-01-06 10:23:34 C 04 03 36.42 +19 06 28.4 17.7 c 608
2005-01-06 10:39:22 C 04 03 38.20 +19 06 30.6 17.7 c 608
2005-01-06 10:55:57 C 04 03 40.06 +19 06 33.4 18.0 c 608
2005-01-06 19:18:22 C 04 04 39.93 +19 07 47.1 c A62
2005-01-06 19:19:56 C 04 04 40.08 +19 07 47.1 c A62
2005-01-06 19:21:31 C 04 04 40.29 +19 07 47.3 c A62
2005-01-06 19:23:05 C 04 04 40.43 +19 07 47.6 c A62
2005-01-06 19:24:39 C 04 04 40.63 +19 07 48.0 c A62
2005-01-06 19:28:16 C 04 04 41.03 +19 07 48.4 c A62
2005-01-06 19:29:51 C 04 04 41.18 +19 07 48.6 c A62
2005-01-06 19:31:27 C 04 04 41.36 +19 07 48.8 c A62
2005-01-06 19:33:01 C 04 04 41.55 +19 07 49.1 c A62
2005-01-06 19:34:36 C 04 04 41.72 +19 07 49.4 c A62
2005-01-06 19:38:12 C 04 04 42.12 +19 07 50.4 c A62
2005-01-06 19:39:47 C 04 04 42.25 +19 07 50.6 c A62
2005-01-06 19:41:21 C 04 04 42.47 +19 07 50.7 c A62
2005-01-06 19:42:55 C 04 04 42.64 +19 07 51.0 c A62
2005-01-06 19:44:30 C 04 04 42.84 +19 07 50.9 c A62
2005-01-08 11:53:15 C 04 09 17.15 +19 14 17.1 r 379
2005-01-08 11:59:42 C 04 09 17.79 +19 14 17.4 r 379
2005-01-08 12:01:52 C 04 09 18.02 +19 14 17.9 r 379
2005-01-08 12:04:01 C 04 09 18.25 +19 14 18.0 r 379
2005-01-10 11:32:09 C 04 14 33.89 +19 21 53.3 r D85
2005-01-10 11:34:15 C 04 14 34.01 +19 21 53.3 r D85
2005-01-10 11:36:21 C 04 14 34.27 +19 21 54.0 r D85
2005-01-10 20:05:47 C 04 15 29.70 +19 22 43.0 r A30
2005-01-10 20:07:13 C 04 15 29.85 +19 22 43.3 r A30
2005-01-10 20:08:54 C 04 15 30.03 +19 22 43.6 r A30
2005-01-10 20:10:15 C 04 15 30.17 +19 22 43.8 r A30
2005-01-10 20:11:22 C 04 15 30.29 +19 22 44.0 r A30
2005-01-11 03:35:29 C 04 16 18.61 +19 23 53.1 17.3 c 704
2005-01-11 03:56:07 C 04 16 20.73 +19 23 56.5 17.6 c 704
2005-01-11 04:15:47 C 04 16 22.73 +19 23 58.7 17.4 c 704
2005-01-11 04:38:53 C 04 16 25.04 +19 24 04.2 17.2 c 704
2005-01-11 04:58:09 C 04 16 27.12 +19 24 04.9 17.4 c 704
2005-01-13 20:41:06 C 04 23 12.99 +19 33 06.0 o 198
2005-01-13 20:45:21 C 04 23 13.42 +19 33 06.5 o 198
2005-01-13 20:51:36 C 04 23 14.04 +19 33 07.3 o 198
2005-01-13 21:04:58 C 04 23 15.38 +19 33 09.2 o 198
2005-01-15 19:07:12 C 04 28 00.74 +19 39 25.8 c A62
2005-01-15 19:09:10 C 04 28 00.94 +19 39 26.3 c A62
2005-01-15 19:11:09 C 04 28 01.16 +19 39 26.4 c A62
2005-01-15 19:13:07 C 04 28 01.34 +19 39 26.5 c A62
2005-01-15 19:15:05 C 04 28 01.54 +19 39 26.9 c A62
2005-01-15 19:17:03 C 04 28 01.74 +19 39 27.2 c A62
2005-01-15 19:19:01 C 04 28 01.94 +19 39 27.6 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)