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
2012-12-01 01:37:42 C 23 05 04.00 -01 55 27.7 u H21
2012-12-01 01:41:11 C 23 05 04.82 -01 55 23.6 u H21
2012-12-01 01:45:16 C 23 05 05.78 -01 55 18.2 u H21
2012-12-03 19:29:58 C 23 21 15.41 -00 33 49.0 c A24
2012-12-03 19:30:59 C 23 21 15.52 -00 33 48.3 c A24
2012-12-03 20:35:13 C 23 21 31.17 -00 32 27.6 c A24
2012-12-03 20:36:15 C 23 21 31.35 -00 32 26.5 c A24
2012-12-04 02:54:15 C 23 23 05.11 -00 24 28.5 17.4 c 704
2012-12-04 03:12:48 C 23 23 09.58 -00 24 05.4 17.8 c 704
2012-12-04 03:31:24 C 23 23 14.06 -00 23 41.9 17.4 c 704
2012-12-04 03:49:58 C 23 23 18.55 -00 23 18.6 17.8 c 704
2012-12-04 04:09:05 C 23 23 23.18 -00 22 54.8 18.1 c 704
2012-12-05 01:16:58 C 23 28 37.93 +00 03 39.1 17.3 c 704
2012-12-05 01:36:02 C 23 28 42.51 +00 04 02.6 17.5 c 704
2012-12-05 01:55:20 C 23 28 47.13 +00 04 26.7 17.4 c 704
2012-12-05 02:14:08 C 23 28 51.67 +00 04 50.6 17.6 c 704
2012-12-05 02:33:11 C 23 28 56.27 +00 05 14.3 17.8 c 704
2012-12-05 03:08:27 C 23 29 04.79 +00 05 58.9 17.6 c 704
2012-12-05 03:27:24 C 23 29 09.36 +00 06 22.8 17.6 c 704
2012-12-05 03:46:29 C 23 29 14.01 +00 06 46.8 17.9 c 704
2012-12-05 04:05:21 C 23 29 18.55 +00 07 10.7 17.9 c 704
2012-12-05 04:24:25 C 23 29 23.19 +00 07 34.8 18.2 c 704
2012-12-05 18:31:02 C 23 32 53.81 +00 25 17.4 c A24
2012-12-05 18:32:05 C 23 32 54.03 +00 25 18.5 c A24
2012-12-05 19:38:01 C 23 33 10.10 +00 26 42.2 c A24
2012-12-05 19:39:03 C 23 33 10.28 +00 26 43.2 c A24
2012-12-06 01:16:34 C 23 34 34.70 +00 33 53.5 17.1 c 704
2012-12-06 01:35:28 C 23 34 39.27 +00 34 17.5 17.3 c 704
2012-12-06 01:54:28 C 23 34 43.85 +00 34 41.7 17.5 c 704
2012-12-06 02:13:30 C 23 34 48.46 +00 35 05.5 17.6 c 704
2012-12-06 02:32:39 C 23 34 53.07 +00 35 29.8 17.7 c 704
2012-12-09 18:56:13 C 23 56 48.54 +02 27 03.9 c A24
2012-12-09 18:57:15 C 23 56 48.72 +02 27 04.9 c A24
2012-12-13 02:56:47 C 00 16 32.04 +04 07 02.1 17.5 c 704
2012-12-13 03:35:07 C 00 16 41.20 +04 07 49.2 17.6 c 704
2012-12-13 03:54:36 C 00 16 45.86 +04 08 13.0 17.3 c 704
2012-12-13 04:14:19 C 00 16 50.60 +04 08 37.5 17.3 c 704
2012-12-17 01:32:39 C 00 39 30.61 +06 01 31.0 17.5 c 704
2012-12-17 01:53:18 C 00 39 35.43 +06 01 55.1 18.0 c 704
2012-12-17 02:33:25 C 00 39 44.81 +06 02 42.6 17.9 c 704
2012-12-17 02:52:25 C 00 39 49.23 +06 03 05.0 17.7 c 704
2012-12-23 00:41:21 C 01 13 02.31 +08 42 39.9 u H21
2012-12-23 00:45:35 C 01 13 03.25 +08 42 44.5 u H21
2012-12-23 00:49:40 C 01 13 04.16 +08 42 48.8 u H21
2012-12-23 00:54:01 C 01 13 05.13 +08 42 53.5 u H21
2012-12-23 00:58:13 C 01 13 06.06 +08 42 57.9 u H21
2012-12-23 01:03:15 C 01 13 07.19 +08 43 03.3 u H21
2012-12-28 19:23:23 C 01 43 38.26 +11 01 05.1 c A24
2012-12-28 19:24:26 C 01 43 38.47 +11 01 06.2 c A24
2012-12-28 20:30:27 C 01 43 52.23 +11 02 07.0 c A24
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)