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
2020-12-09 06:29:12 C 22 53 01.89 -04 27 23.9 V T08
2020-12-09 06:33:51 C 22 53 02.81 -04 27 18.6 V T08
2020-12-09 06:41:48 C 22 53 04.48 -04 27 09.8 V T08
2020-12-09 06:57:09 C 22 53 07.62 -04 26 53.0 V T08
2020-12-11 06:05:41 C 23 03 03.03 -03 34 15.7 V T05
2020-12-11 06:11:40 C 23 03 04.22 -03 34 08.7 V T05
2020-12-11 06:20:17 C 23 03 06.02 -03 33 57.7 V T05
2020-12-11 06:40:08 C 23 03 10.11 -03 33 36.5 V T05
2020-12-13 17:34:39 C 23 15 40.29 -02 26 33.8 V 130
2020-12-13 17:39:40 C 23 15 41.31 -02 26 28.3 V 130
2020-12-13 17:43:58 C 23 15 42.24 -02 26 23.4 V 130
2020-12-15 00:31:14 C 23 22 15.85 -01 50 44.4 V W46
2020-12-15 00:57:05 C 23 22 21.33 -01 50 15.0 V W46
2020-12-15 01:43:48 C 23 22 31.55 -01 49 19.9 V 703
2020-12-15 01:51:58 C 23 22 33.24 -01 49 10.3 V 703
2020-12-15 02:00:08 C 23 22 34.95 -01 49 01.3 V 703
2020-12-15 02:08:18 C 23 22 36.71 -01 48 51.8 V 703
2020-12-15 05:31:07 C 23 23 19.87 -01 44 53.0 V T05
2020-12-15 05:35:45 C 23 23 20.85 -01 44 47.5 V T05
2020-12-15 05:44:21 C 23 23 22.65 -01 44 37.9 V T05
2020-12-15 06:10:11 C 23 23 28.05 -01 44 07.3 V T05
2020-12-25 06:50:25 C 00 15 04.97 +02 58 52.1 V T08
2020-12-25 07:36:01 C 00 15 14.62 +02 59 45.2 V T08
2020-12-25 08:17:10 C 00 15 23.31 +03 00 32.6 V T08
2020-12-25 08:53:03 C 00 15 30.87 +03 01 14.4 V T08
2020-12-26 02:59:26 C 00 19 23.53 +03 22 18.9 V 703
2020-12-26 03:08:40 C 00 19 25.54 +03 22 29.4 V 703
2020-12-26 03:17:54 C 00 19 27.47 +03 22 40.5 V 703
2020-12-26 03:27:08 C 00 19 29.36 +03 22 51.4 V 703
2020-12-29 05:43:42 C 00 35 17.08 +04 48 33.2 V T08
2020-12-29 05:51:41 C 00 35 18.73 +04 48 42.6 V T08
2020-12-29 05:57:02 C 00 35 19.83 +04 48 48.5 V T08
2020-12-29 06:25:45 C 00 35 25.79 +04 49 21.6 V T08
2021-01-03 04:53:12 C 01 00 15.08 +07 01 02.4 V 703
2021-01-03 05:00:56 C 01 00 16.59 +07 01 10.9 V 703
2021-01-03 05:08:41 C 01 00 18.21 +07 01 20.4 V 703
2021-01-03 05:16:25 C 01 00 19.88 +07 01 28.5 V 703
2021-01-03 07:23:14 C 01 00 46.11 +07 03 48.4 V T08
2021-01-03 07:27:53 C 01 00 47.10 +07 03 53.7 V T08
2021-01-03 07:42:31 C 01 00 50.09 +07 04 09.6 V T08
2021-01-03 08:03:09 C 01 00 54.31 +07 04 31.5 V T08
2021-01-04 06:38:08 C 01 05 34.55 +07 28 45.9 V T05
2021-01-04 06:42:51 C 01 05 35.50 +07 28 51.0 V T05
2021-01-04 06:50:48 C 01 05 37.08 +07 28 59.0 V T05
2021-01-06 05:55:58 C 01 15 16.51 +08 18 29.8 V T08
2021-01-06 06:00:38 C 01 15 17.42 +08 18 34.5 V T08
2021-01-06 06:09:15 C 01 15 19.14 +08 18 44.0 V T08
2021-01-06 06:27:54 C 01 15 22.86 +08 19 02.6 V T08
2021-01-06 06:35:52 C 01 15 24.474 +08 19 10.90 U F52
2021-01-06 07:10:49 C 01 15 31.483 +08 19 46.89 U F52
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)