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
2016-02-28 08:03:47 C 10 49 56.54 +03 15 01.9 q G96
2016-02-28 08:12:45 C 10 49 56.01 +03 15 05.0 q G96
2016-02-28 08:24:31 C 10 49 55.33 +03 15 09.0 q G96
2016-02-28 08:33:29 C 10 49 54.83 +03 15 12.2 q G96
2016-02-28 09:26:25 C 10 49 52.031 +03 15 32.24 L F51
2016-02-28 09:43:32 C 10 49 51.036 +03 15 38.20 L F51
2016-02-28 10:00:53 C 10 49 50.022 +03 15 44.18 L F51
2016-02-28 10:17:54 C 10 49 49.027 +03 15 50.10 L F51
2016-03-01 07:48:39 C 10 47 15.00 +03 31 42.3 R G45
2016-03-01 07:55:18 C 10 47 14.61 +03 31 44.3 R G45
2016-03-01 08:02:09 C 10 47 14.24 +03 31 46.8 R G45
2016-03-01 08:09:10 C 10 47 13.80 +03 31 49.4 R G45
2016-03-01 08:16:27 C 10 47 13.41 +03 31 52.1 R G45
2016-03-04 07:16:33 C 10 43 17.55 +03 56 32.0 q 703
2016-03-04 07:23:49 C 10 43 17.12 +03 56 34.7 q 703
2016-03-04 07:31:04 C 10 43 16.73 +03 56 38.3 q 703
2016-03-04 07:38:21 C 10 43 16.27 +03 56 39.8 q 703
2016-03-07 08:09:15 C 10 39 22.949 +04 21 31.54 L F51
2016-03-07 08:26:00 C 10 39 22.037 +04 21 37.27 L F51
2016-03-07 08:42:46 C 10 39 21.133 +04 21 42.95 L F51
2016-03-07 08:59:38 C 10 39 20.212 +04 21 48.67 L F51
2016-03-11 05:01:24 C 10 34 38.65 +04 52 19.9 q 703
2016-03-11 05:19:01 C 10 34 37.79 +04 52 25.5 q 703
2016-03-27 13:06:32 C 10 19 05.44 +06 40 37.1 q D29
2016-03-27 13:31:56 C 10 19 04.70 +06 40 44.1 q D29
2016-03-28 06:34:42 C 10 18 35.664 +06 44 26.24 L F51
2016-03-28 06:53:29 C 10 18 35.112 +06 44 30.31 L F51
2016-03-28 07:12:21 C 10 18 34.554 +06 44 34.36 L F51
2016-03-28 07:31:15 C 10 18 33.996 +06 44 38.42 L F51
2016-03-31 08:20:19 C 10 16 41.058 +06 59 25.62 L F51
2016-03-31 08:37:56 C 10 16 40.609 +06 59 28.96 L F51
2016-03-31 08:55:34 C 10 16 40.162 +06 59 32.47 L F51
2016-03-31 09:13:16 C 10 16 39.718 +06 59 35.79 L F51
2017-04-25 11:58:31 C 16 13 15.126 -22 44 42.11 L F51
2017-04-25 12:13:34 C 16 13 14.543 -22 44 40.59 L F51
2017-04-25 12:28:35 C 16 13 13.961 -22 44 39.37 L F51
2017-05-04 12:40:27 C 16 04 06.274 -22 18 56.99 L F51
2017-05-04 12:56:32 C 16 04 05.505 -22 18 54.57 L F51
2017-05-04 13:28:54 C 16 04 03.932 -22 18 50.03 L F51
2017-05-19 10:03:19 C 15 45 14.430 -21 16 49.22 L F51
2017-05-19 10:19:43 C 15 45 13.478 -21 16 45.98 L F51
2017-05-19 10:52:35 C 15 45 11.564 -21 16 39.31 L F51
2017-06-13 04:41:04 C 15 13 43.55 -19 05 14.4 q G96
2017-06-13 04:47:07 C 15 13 43.26 -19 05 12.8 q G96
2017-06-13 04:53:10 C 15 13 43.04 -19 05 11.1 q G96
2017-06-13 05:00:43 C 15 13 42.66 -19 05 09.3 q G96
2019-03-29 07:08:12 C 12 36 39.89 -07 30 52.7 o 691
2019-03-29 07:17:55 C 12 36 39.38 -07 30 49.5 o 691
2019-03-29 07:27:38 C 12 36 38.89 -07 30 46.1 o 691
2019-03-31 07:07:03 C 12 34 20.37 -07 15 40.1 V G96
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)