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
2014-04-23 02:56:53 C 14 07 54.30 -15 35 10.9 L W84
2014-04-23 03:01:35 C 14 07 54.07 -15 35 09.7 L W84
2014-04-23 03:06:13 C 14 07 53.84 -15 35 08.5 L W84
2014-04-23 09:29:56 C 14 07 34.941 -15 33 30.10 L F51
2014-04-23 09:48:12 C 14 07 34.010 -15 33 25.32 L F51
2014-04-23 10:06:31 C 14 07 33.096 -15 33 20.17 L F51
2014-04-23 10:24:50 C 14 07 32.161 -15 33 15.46 L F51
2014-04-24 03:16:35 C 14 06 42.53 -15 28 39.4 21.1 L W84
2014-04-24 03:21:12 C 14 06 42.30 -15 28 38.1 L W84
2014-04-24 03:25:54 C 14 06 42.05 -15 28 37.0 L W84
2014-04-24 03:30:34 C 14 06 41.82 -15 28 35.7 L W84
2014-04-24 03:35:12 C 14 06 41.59 -15 28 34.4 L W84
2014-04-25 03:11:49 C 14 05 31.94 -15 22 10.6 L W84
2014-04-25 03:16:31 C 14 05 31.71 -15 22 09.3 L W84
2014-04-25 03:21:11 C 14 05 31.47 -15 22 08.1 L W84
2014-04-25 03:25:47 C 14 05 31.24 -15 22 06.8 L W84
2014-04-25 03:30:21 C 14 05 31.01 -15 22 05.6 L W84
2014-04-26 02:25:22 C 14 04 23.46 -15 15 50.1 L W84
2014-04-26 02:30:01 C 14 04 23.23 -15 15 48.8 L W84
2014-04-26 02:34:41 C 14 04 23.00 -15 15 47.6 L W84
2014-04-26 02:39:18 C 14 04 22.76 -15 15 46.3 L W84
2014-04-26 02:43:51 C 14 04 22.53 -15 15 45.1 L W84
2014-04-30 23:54:42 C 13 58 39.69 -14 43 13.2 L W84
2014-05-01 00:44:11 C 13 58 37.25 -14 42 59.4 L W84
2014-05-01 01:34:23 C 13 58 34.79 -14 42 45.6 L W84
2014-05-20 07:58:54 C 13 38 51.810 -12 39 19.91 L F51
2014-05-20 08:17:34 C 13 38 51.133 -12 39 15.62 L F51
2014-05-20 08:36:12 C 13 38 50.458 -12 39 11.26 L F51
2014-05-20 08:54:48 C 13 38 49.793 -12 39 06.61 L F51
2015-11-23 14:52:35 C 11 00 42.159 +04 29 32.21 L F51
2015-11-23 14:59:23 C 11 00 42.553 +04 29 29.24 L F51
2015-11-23 15:06:09 C 11 00 42.938 +04 29 26.34 L F51
2015-11-23 15:12:55 C 11 00 43.312 +04 29 23.61 L F51
2016-01-18 12:16:39 C 11 32 30.087 -00 28 00.75 L F51
2016-01-18 12:33:59 C 11 32 29.767 -00 28 00.14 L F51
2016-01-18 12:51:19 C 11 32 29.446 -00 27 59.55 L F51
2016-01-18 13:08:36 C 11 32 29.125 -00 27 59.02 L F51
2016-01-21 12:55:14 C 11 31 05.570 -00 24 25.73 L F51
2016-01-21 13:13:16 C 11 31 05.142 -00 24 24.41 L F51
2016-01-21 13:31:11 C 11 31 04.745 -00 24 23.16 L F51
2016-01-21 13:49:07 C 11 31 04.300 -00 24 22.01 L F51
2016-02-05 11:44:11 C 11 19 07.931 +00 28 12.28 L F51
2016-02-05 12:18:12 C 11 19 06.373 +00 28 19.92 L F51
2016-02-05 12:35:19 C 11 19 05.584 +00 28 23.72 L F51
2016-02-07 08:43:54 C 11 17 05.97 +00 38 40.1 q 703
2016-02-07 08:56:53 C 11 17 05.31 +00 38 42.9 q 703
2016-02-07 09:03:23 C 11 17 05.00 +00 38 45.1 q 703
2016-02-15 08:21:06 C 11 07 27.29 +01 31 19.3 q 703
2016-02-15 08:28:19 C 11 07 26.91 +01 31 20.7 q 703
2016-02-15 08:42:44 C 11 07 26.07 +01 31 25.6 q 703
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)