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
2006-05-31 05:40:04 C 13 39 05.25 -12 26 57.0 r G96
2006-06-02 10:31:19 C 13 37 47.462 -12 17 15.84 o 568
2006-06-02 10:34:36 C 13 37 47.377 -12 17 15.25 o 568
2008-02-27 07:44:03 C 11 06 44.64 +01 33 29.1 r G96
2008-02-27 08:00:55 C 11 06 43.63 +01 33 34.9 r G96
2008-02-27 08:17:34 C 11 06 42.69 +01 33 39.9 r G96
2008-02-27 08:34:28 C 11 06 41.76 +01 33 46.0 r G96
2008-03-05 08:16:42 C 10 57 23.90 +02 32 01.7 r G96
2008-03-05 08:27:04 C 10 57 23.32 +02 32 05.5 r G96
2008-03-05 08:37:19 C 10 57 22.75 +02 32 09.1 r G96
2008-03-05 08:47:35 C 10 57 22.17 +02 32 12.6 r G96
2008-03-29 05:57:57 C 10 31 46.41 +05 27 20.6 r G96
2008-03-29 06:07:38 C 10 31 46.09 +05 27 22.9 r G96
2008-03-29 06:17:28 C 10 31 45.76 +05 27 25.3 r G96
2008-03-29 06:27:13 C 10 31 45.44 +05 27 27.3 r G96
2008-04-21 07:53:34 C 10 23 03.905 +06 49 37.85 o 568
2008-04-21 07:57:51 C 10 23 03.895 +06 49 38.12 o 568
2008-04-21 08:01:33 C 10 23 03.883 +06 49 38.38 o 568
2008-04-21 08:04:47 C 10 23 03.879 +06 49 38.51 o 568
2008-04-21 08:08:14 C 10 23 03.870 +06 49 38.78 o 568
2008-04-21 08:11:21 C 10 23 03.863 +06 49 38.97 o 568
2008-04-22 09:38:42 C 10 23 03.288 +06 51 08.07 o 568
2008-04-22 09:41:38 C 10 23 03.287 +06 51 08.23 o 568
2008-04-22 09:44:39 C 10 23 03.285 +06 51 08.43 o 568
2008-04-22 09:47:50 C 10 23 03.282 +06 51 08.55 o 568
2008-04-22 09:51:02 C 10 23 03.280 +06 51 08.73 o 568
2008-04-23 07:54:18 C 10 23 04.521 +06 52 17.04 o 568
2008-04-23 07:57:19 C 10 23 04.522 +06 52 17.14 o 568
2008-04-23 08:00:51 C 10 23 04.524 +06 52 17.34 o 568
2008-04-23 08:03:53 C 10 23 04.524 +06 52 17.45 o 568
2008-04-23 08:06:50 C 10 23 04.524 +06 52 17.55 o 568
2008-04-23 08:09:40 C 10 23 04.524 +06 52 17.72 o 568
2008-05-20 07:00:39 C 10 32 37.250 +06 29 12.46 o 568
2008-05-20 07:04:40 C 10 32 37.353 +06 29 12.02 o 568
2008-05-20 07:08:47 C 10 32 37.451 +06 29 11.58 o 568
2008-05-20 07:15:55 C 10 32 37.632 +06 29 10.73 o 568
2008-05-20 07:19:49 C 10 32 37.731 +06 29 10.34 o 568
2008-05-22 06:39:18 C 10 33 53.712 +06 23 44.99 o 568
2008-05-22 06:43:24 C 10 33 53.822 +06 23 44.53 o 568
2008-05-22 06:47:19 C 10 33 53.924 +06 23 44.02 o 568
2009-06-23 04:54:38 C 15 16 51.13 -19 00 58.7 r G96
2009-06-23 05:07:40 C 15 16 50.62 -19 00 57.3 r G96
2009-06-23 05:20:54 C 15 16 50.16 -19 00 54.1 r G96
2009-06-23 05:33:51 C 15 16 49.62 -19 00 52.7 r G96
2011-03-30 06:33:03 C 12 45 10.65 -08 21 11.8 r G96
2011-03-30 06:40:24 C 12 45 10.26 -08 21 09.7 r G96
2011-03-30 06:47:53 C 12 45 09.90 -08 21 07.5 r G96
2011-03-30 06:55:22 C 12 45 09.54 -08 21 05.1 r G96
2012-05-22 09:19:14 C 19 56 49.47 -20 05 44.7 o 807
2012-05-22 09:36:45 C 19 56 49.88 -20 05 42.3 o 807
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)