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
2020-11-04 01:28:49 C 20 17 06.28 -15 38 54.5 V G96
2020-11-04 01:37:52 C 20 17 07.64 -15 38 50.4 V G96
2020-11-04 01:46:56 C 20 17 09.03 -15 38 45.5 V G96
2020-11-04 01:55:59 C 20 17 10.39 -15 38 41.2 V G96
2020-11-17 01:22:03 C 21 08 51.51 -12 37 13.2 V W33
2020-11-17 01:28:16 C 21 08 52.56 -12 37 09.2 V W33
2020-11-17 01:59:15 C 21 08 58.39 -12 36 47.4 V 703
2020-11-17 02:06:54 C 21 08 59.64 -12 36 41.2 V 703
2020-11-17 02:14:32 C 21 09 00.97 -12 36 36.3 V 703
2020-11-17 02:22:10 C 21 09 02.39 -12 36 30.7 V 703
2020-11-19 02:03:30 C 21 17 36.82 -12 01 53.1 V G96
2020-11-19 02:11:49 C 21 17 38.30 -12 01 46.7 V G96
2020-11-19 02:20:09 C 21 17 39.78 -12 01 40.4 V G96
2020-11-19 02:28:30 C 21 17 41.26 -12 01 34.2 V G96
2020-11-26 01:55:18 C 21 49 04.66 -09 44 53.7 V G96
2020-11-26 02:03:22 C 21 49 06.19 -09 44 46.6 V G96
2020-11-26 02:11:25 C 21 49 07.71 -09 44 39.4 V G96
2020-11-26 02:19:28 C 21 49 09.22 -09 44 32.3 V G96
2020-11-27 01:50:37 C 21 53 42.89 -09 23 29.3 V 703
2020-11-27 01:58:24 C 21 53 44.42 -09 23 21.5 V 703
2020-11-27 02:13:57 C 21 53 47.55 -09 23 07.4 V 703
2020-11-29 05:38:34 C 22 03 52.51 -08 35 30.4 V T05
2020-11-29 05:43:11 C 22 03 53.45 -08 35 25.9 V T05
2020-11-29 05:51:09 C 22 03 54.98 -08 35 18.7 V T05
2020-11-29 06:05:42 C 22 03 57.78 -08 35 05.2 V T05
2020-12-03 02:30:21 C 22 22 29.28 -07 04 32.0 V 703
2020-12-03 02:38:30 C 22 22 30.89 -07 04 23.8 V 703
2020-12-03 02:46:40 C 22 22 32.53 -07 04 15.7 V 703
2020-12-03 02:54:49 C 22 22 34.19 -07 04 06.9 V 703
2020-12-03 06:08:06 C 22 23 13.33 -07 00 47.9 V T05
2020-12-03 06:13:23 C 22 23 14.38 -07 00 42.6 V T05
2020-12-03 06:41:14 C 22 23 19.94 -07 00 13.7 V T05
2020-12-04 02:28:05 C 22 27 21.99 -06 40 02.6 V 703
2020-12-04 02:35:44 C 22 27 23.54 -06 39 54.6 V 703
2020-12-04 02:43:23 C 22 27 25.03 -06 39 46.9 V 703
2020-12-06 03:05:21 C 22 37 20.84 -05 49 10.3 V 703
2020-12-06 03:13:38 C 22 37 22.49 -05 49 01.6 V 703
2020-12-06 03:21:54 C 22 37 24.13 -05 48 52.1 V 703
2020-12-06 03:30:11 C 22 37 25.65 -05 48 43.8 V 703
2020-12-06 05:33:43 C 22 37 51.551 -05 46 29.75 U F51
2020-12-06 05:50:32 C 22 37 54.953 -05 46 11.81 U F51
2020-12-06 06:07:16 C 22 37 58.336 -05 45 54.00 U F51
2020-12-07 05:44:14 C 22 42 51.90 -05 20 37.1 V T05
2020-12-07 05:48:18 C 22 42 52.71 -05 20 32.3 V T05
2020-12-07 05:55:48 C 22 42 54.32 -05 20 24.9 V T05
2020-12-07 06:13:02 C 22 42 57.78 -05 20 05.4 V T05
2020-12-08 01:22:57 C 22 46 57.49 -04 59 23.0 V G96
2020-12-08 01:31:01 C 22 46 59.14 -04 59 14.3 V G96
2020-12-08 01:39:06 C 22 47 00.79 -04 59 05.4 V G96
2020-12-08 01:47:10 C 22 47 02.43 -04 58 56.6 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)