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
2021-02-10 06:01:10 C 03 45 18.05 +18 26 05.2 V T05
2021-02-10 06:11:56 C 03 45 19.71 +18 26 10.0 V T05
2021-02-10 06:26:32 C 03 45 21.88 +18 26 15.6 V T05
2021-02-16 05:58:34 C 04 06 44.52 +19 21 13.1 V T08
2021-02-16 06:03:16 C 04 06 45.16 +19 21 15.2 V T08
2021-02-16 06:05:16 C 04 06 45.48 +19 21 15.4 V T08
2021-02-16 06:09:26 C 04 06 46.03 +19 21 17.1 V T08
2021-02-16 06:14:31 C 04 06 46.78 +19 21 18.5 V T08
2021-02-16 06:17:10 C 04 06 47.10 +19 21 19.6 V T08
2022-04-07 11:37:17 C 14 15 30.561 -16 19 31.25 U F52
2022-04-07 11:51:54 C 14 15 29.928 -16 19 28.61 U F52
2022-04-07 12:06:33 C 14 15 29.259 -16 19 24.94 U F52
2022-04-07 12:21:08 C 14 15 28.604 -16 19 21.85 U F52
2022-04-10 10:41:54 C 14 12 20.870 -16 03 41.75 U F52
2022-04-10 11:16:35 C 14 12 19.262 -16 03 33.65 U F52
2022-04-10 11:33:54 C 14 12 18.449 -16 03 29.73 U F52
2022-04-23 10:50:22 C 13 57 27.024 -14 43 37.98 U F52
2022-04-23 11:08:03 C 13 57 26.154 -14 43 32.81 U F52
2022-04-23 11:25:37 C 13 57 25.266 -14 43 28.11 U F52
2022-05-22 07:22:20 C 13 28 18.354 -11 39 08.92 U F52
2022-05-22 07:38:55 C 13 28 17.819 -11 39 05.53 U F52
2022-05-22 07:55:20 C 13 28 17.304 -11 39 01.76 U F52
2023-10-17 14:35:45 C 09 43 06.293 +12 53 08.06 X F52
2023-10-17 14:43:06 C 09 43 06.966 +12 53 03.99 X F52
2023-10-17 14:50:27 C 09 43 07.670 +12 53 00.09 X F52
2023-10-17 14:57:47 C 09 43 08.368 +12 52 55.96 X F52
2023-12-16 14:28:55 C 11 15 36.558 +02 18 56.36 X F52
2023-12-16 14:46:33 C 11 15 37.061 +02 18 51.70 X F52
2023-12-16 15:21:57 C 11 15 38.060 +02 18 42.35 X F52
2024-01-14 11:58:44 C 11 21 04.144 +00 47 16.33 V G96
2024-01-14 12:06:11 C 11 21 04.021 +00 47 16.37 V G96
2024-01-14 12:13:36 C 11 21 03.877 +00 47 17.12 V G96
2024-01-14 12:21:02 C 11 21 03.755 +00 47 17.23 V G96
2024-01-20 15:01:51 C 11 17 57.363 +00 55 15.36 X F52
2024-01-20 15:14:00 C 11 17 57.022 +00 55 16.45 X F52
2024-01-20 15:26:11 C 11 17 56.677 +00 55 17.49 X F52
2024-02-14 11:08:06 C 10 51 41.151 +03 04 42.72 X F51
2024-02-14 11:26:23 C 10 51 40.072 +03 04 48.58 X F51
2024-02-14 11:44:48 C 10 51 38.984 +03 04 54.47 X F51
2024-02-14 12:05:22 C 10 51 37.766 +03 05 01.09 X F51
2024-02-15 22:52:15 B 10 49 38.17 +03 16 14.6 X G00
2024-02-15 23:00:03 B 10 49 37.67 +03 16 17.6 X G00
2024-03-01 10:31:00 C 10 29 30.429 +05 15 38.80 X F51
2024-03-01 10:48:05 C 10 29 29.442 +05 15 44.63 X F51
2024-03-01 11:05:06 C 10 29 28.471 +05 15 50.33 X F51
2024-03-01 11:22:09 C 10 29 27.488 +05 15 56.28 X F51
2024-03-05 05:56:16 C 10 24 33.944 +05 46 27.70 V G96
2024-03-05 06:03:51 C 10 24 33.534 +05 46 30.18 V G96
2024-03-05 06:11:26 C 10 24 33.124 +05 46 32.70 V G96
2024-03-05 06:19:02 C 10 24 32.702 +05 46 35.18 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)