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
2019-03-31 07:14:30 C 12 34 19.96 -07 15 37.6 V G96
2019-03-31 07:21:58 C 12 34 19.62 -07 15 34.9 V G96
2019-03-31 07:29:26 C 12 34 19.17 -07 15 33.2 V G96
2019-04-03 09:30:26 C 12 30 45.673 -06 51 50.37 U F51
2019-04-03 09:52:11 C 12 30 44.597 -06 51 43.53 U F51
2019-04-03 09:53:08 C 12 30 44.561 -06 51 43.23 U F51
2019-04-03 10:13:58 C 12 30 43.530 -06 51 36.39 U F51
2019-04-03 10:14:53 C 12 30 43.491 -06 51 36.01 U F51
2019-04-03 10:35:44 C 12 30 42.460 -06 51 29.33 U F51
2019-04-06 08:13:04 C 12 27 25.166 -06 29 08.69 U F51
2019-04-06 08:24:30 C 12 27 24.617 -06 29 05.18 U F51
2019-04-06 08:30:05 C 12 27 24.352 -06 29 03.39 U F51
2019-04-06 08:41:27 C 12 27 23.799 -06 28 59.71 U F51
2019-04-06 08:47:04 C 12 27 23.528 -06 28 58.06 U F51
2019-04-06 08:58:24 C 12 27 22.983 -06 28 54.40 U F51
2019-04-06 09:04:03 C 12 27 22.714 -06 28 52.61 U F51
2019-04-06 09:15:25 C 12 27 22.167 -06 28 48.93 U F51
2019-04-25 07:11:47 C 12 09 01.551 -04 15 14.57 U F51
2019-04-25 07:30:26 C 12 09 00.936 -04 15 09.87 U F51
2019-04-25 07:49:02 C 12 09 00.305 -04 15 05.20 U F51
2019-04-25 08:07:39 C 12 08 59.667 -04 15 00.59 U F51
2020-06-16 10:48:30 C 19 23 28.383 -20 49 17.04 U F51
2020-06-16 10:57:50 C 19 23 28.038 -20 49 16.78 U F51
2020-06-16 11:07:49 C 19 23 27.671 -20 49 16.55 U F51
2020-06-16 11:27:40 C 19 23 26.97 -20 49 16.0 V T05
2020-06-16 11:32:16 C 19 23 26.77 -20 49 16.1 V T05
2020-06-16 11:52:34 C 19 23 26.03 -20 49 14.8 V T05
2020-06-16 12:11:40 C 19 23 25.35 -20 49 14.8 V T05
2020-06-30 09:30:53 C 19 07 39.79 -20 41 47.5 V T05
2020-06-30 09:33:31 C 19 07 39.64 -20 41 47.4 V T05
2020-06-30 09:37:29 C 19 07 39.37 -20 41 47.5 V T05
2020-06-30 09:46:42 C 19 07 38.79 -20 41 47.4 V T05
2020-07-01 10:04:53 C 19 06 10.86 -20 41 20.0 V T08
2020-07-01 10:07:32 C 19 06 10.73 -20 41 20.1 V T08
2020-07-01 10:14:53 C 19 06 10.21 -20 41 20.1 V T08
2020-07-01 10:22:11 C 19 06 09.72 -20 41 19.7 V T08
2020-07-07 12:27:36 C 18 56 38.40 -20 38 16.7 V T05
2020-07-07 12:35:36 C 18 56 37.81 -20 38 16.6 V T05
2020-07-07 12:41:31 C 18 56 37.39 -20 38 16.4 V T05
2020-07-07 13:30:33 C 18 56 33.85 -20 38 15.4 V T05
2020-07-11 10:10:12 C 18 50 02.29 -20 35 47.3 V T05
2020-07-11 10:14:49 C 18 50 01.93 -20 35 47.6 V T05
2020-07-11 10:22:44 C 18 50 01.33 -20 35 47.1 V T05
2020-07-11 11:13:26 C 18 49 57.50 -20 35 45.2 V T05
2020-07-11 22:09:30 C 18 49 10.62 -20 35 28.7 V C95
2020-07-11 22:17:36 C 18 49 09.95 -20 35 28.9 V C95
2020-07-13 09:41:12 C 18 46 35.37 -20 34 17.0 V T08
2020-07-13 09:45:50 C 18 46 35.00 -20 34 17.1 V T08
2020-07-13 09:54:28 C 18 46 34.36 -20 34 16.4 V T08
2020-07-13 10:44:22 C 18 46 30.51 -20 34 14.7 V T08
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)