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
2020-07-15 14:29:32 C 18 42 42.40 -20 32 10.5 q Q68
2020-07-15 14:33:47 C 18 42 41.86 -20 32 10.5 q Q68
2020-07-15 14:35:55 C 18 42 41.66 -20 32 09.8 q Q68
2020-07-15 14:54:57 C 18 42 40.37 -20 32 09.9 q Q68
2020-07-15 14:57:05 C 18 42 40.34 -20 32 10.6 q Q68
2020-07-15 15:01:20 C 18 42 39.95 -20 32 13.3 q Q68
2020-07-23 09:26:51 C 18 29 04.57 -20 23 52.5 V T05
2020-07-23 09:34:50 C 18 29 03.98 -20 23 51.8 V T05
2020-07-23 09:49:20 C 18 29 02.86 -20 23 50.9 V T05
2020-08-06 10:03:17 C 18 08 31.06 -20 03 14.9 V T08
2020-08-06 10:07:55 C 18 08 30.81 -20 03 15.0 V T08
2020-08-06 10:18:34 C 18 08 30.26 -20 03 14.3 V T08
2020-08-06 10:42:33 C 18 08 29.07 -20 03 13.1 V T08
2020-08-08 08:34:33 C 18 06 22.86 -20 00 17.9 V T05
2020-08-08 08:47:07 C 18 06 22.25 -20 00 16.8 V T05
2020-08-08 08:51:44 C 18 06 22.02 -20 00 16.3 V T05
2020-08-08 09:10:18 C 18 06 21.13 -20 00 15.4 V T05
2020-08-12 07:59:35 C 18 02 39.04 -19 54 22.9 V T05
2020-08-12 08:03:40 C 18 02 38.85 -19 54 22.4 V T05
2020-08-12 08:11:35 C 18 02 38.57 -19 54 22.1 V T05
2020-08-12 08:28:46 C 18 02 37.93 -19 54 21.1 V T05
2020-08-18 08:02:23 C 17 58 49.81 -19 46 18.0 V T08
2020-08-18 08:07:01 C 17 58 49.71 -19 46 17.7 V T08
2020-08-18 08:14:58 C 17 58 49.53 -19 46 16.9 V T08
2020-09-07 07:12:39 C 18 02 43.40 -19 28 27.9 V T08
2020-09-07 07:16:40 C 18 02 43.53 -19 28 27.4 V T08
2020-09-07 07:24:00 C 18 02 43.79 -19 28 26.8 V T08
2020-09-07 07:29:19 C 18 02 43.94 -19 28 27.0 V T08
2020-09-07 07:33:58 C 18 02 44.08 -19 28 26.4 V T08
2020-09-07 07:40:36 C 18 02 44.30 -19 28 26.1 V T08
2020-09-09 06:29:16 C 18 04 26.83 -19 27 06.2 V T05
2020-09-09 06:33:54 C 18 04 26.95 -19 27 06.8 V T05
2020-09-09 06:42:00 C 18 04 27.23 -19 27 06.4 V T05
2020-09-09 06:58:33 C 18 04 27.79 -19 27 05.5 V T05
2020-09-11 06:40:17 C 18 06 25.92 -19 25 41.2 V T08
2020-09-11 06:44:56 C 18 06 26.10 -19 25 41.1 V T08
2020-09-11 06:53:34 C 18 06 26.44 -19 25 40.8 V T08
2020-09-11 07:08:10 C 18 06 27.04 -19 25 40.0 V T08
2020-10-17 06:11:40 C 19 18 28.18 -18 02 32.0 V T08
2020-10-17 06:16:19 C 19 18 28.71 -18 02 30.9 V T08
2020-10-17 06:26:16 C 19 18 29.87 -18 02 28.7 V T08
2020-10-17 06:46:10 C 19 18 32.19 -18 02 23.8 V T08
2020-10-24 06:21:52 C 19 39 49.59 -17 18 16.0 V T05
2020-10-24 06:29:49 C 19 39 50.58 -17 18 13.1 V T05
2020-10-24 06:36:25 C 19 39 51.51 -17 18 10.7 V T05
2020-10-24 06:53:34 C 19 39 53.70 -17 18 05.2 V T05
2020-10-29 05:36:38 C 19 56 19.93 -16 37 39.0 V T08
2020-10-29 05:41:16 C 19 56 20.49 -16 37 37.2 V T08
2020-10-29 06:06:29 C 19 56 24.00 -16 37 27.8 V T08
2020-10-29 06:27:04 C 19 56 26.91 -16 37 19.9 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)