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
1996-10-31 19:27:25 C 01 04 36.458 +35 05 46.11 V 557
1996-10-31 19:28:50 C 01 04 37.266 +35 05 47.65 V 557
1996-10-31 19:40:39 C 01 04 44.041 +35 06 01.23 V 557
1996-10-31 19:43:28 C 01 04 45.621 +35 06 04.33 V 557
1996-10-31 19:56:41 C 01 04 53.168 +35 06 19.37 V 557
1996-10-31 21:58:33 C 01 06 02.51 +35 08 29.8 z 046
1996-10-31 21:59:38 C 01 06 03.12 +35 08 30.9 z 046
1996-10-31 22:01:00 C 01 06 03.91 +35 08 32.2 z 046
1996-10-31 22:33:01 C 01 06 24.34 +35 08 46.7 482
1996-10-31 22:35:36 C 01 06 25.72 +35 08 49.6 482
1996-11-02 00:31:20 C 01 21 46.68 +35 30 39.7 z 619
1996-11-02 00:50:56 C 01 21 57.63 +35 30 49.6 z 619
1996-11-02 00:57:42 C 01 22 01.39 +35 30 53.0 z 619
1996-11-02 01:01:30 C 01 22 03.52 +35 30 54.7 z 619
1996-11-02 01:04:36 C 01 22 05.27 +35 30 56.3 z 619
1996-11-02 01:07:27 C 01 22 06.86 +35 30 57.6 z 619
1996-11-02 19:30:00 C 01 33 00.69 +35 40 29.6 z 476
1996-11-02 19:36:29 C 01 33 04.19 +35 40 33.3 z 476
1996-11-02 19:41:30 C 01 33 06.94 +35 40 36.2 z 476
1996-11-02 19:55:30 C 01 33 14.65 +35 40 43.6 z 476
1996-11-02 19:55:39 C 01 33 14.43 +35 40 45.3 z 130
1996-11-02 20:01:00 C 01 33 17.72 +35 40 46.3 z 476
1996-11-02 20:11:19 C 01 33 23.01 +35 40 53.7 z 130
1996-11-02 20:32:05 C 01 33 34.31 +35 41 03.2 z 130
1996-11-02 20:37:08 C 01 33 37.05 +35 41 05.9 z 130
1996-11-02 20:46:47 C 01 33 42.37 +35 41 10.8 z 130
1996-11-02 20:51:48 C 01 33 45.10 +35 41 13.5 z 130
1996-11-02 21:15:00 C 01 33 57.60 +35 41 28.0 z 108
1996-11-02 21:24:40 C 01 34 02.83 +35 41 32.1 z 108
1996-11-02 21:32:50 C 01 34 08.42 +35 41 04.3 482
1996-11-02 21:35:35 C 01 34 09.88 +35 41 05.7 482
1996-11-02 21:36:45 C 01 34 10.59 +35 41 06.4 482
1996-11-02 21:38:00 C 01 34 10.01 +35 41 38.0 z 108
1996-11-02 21:52:43 C 01 34 19.24 +35 41 42.9 12.4 z 124
1996-11-02 21:56:19 C 01 34 21.19 +35 41 44.6 12.2 z 124
1996-11-02 21:59:01 C 01 34 22.66 +35 41 45.6 12.2 z 124
1996-11-02 21:59:55 C 01 34 23.15 +35 41 45.8 12.2 z 124
1996-11-02 22:00:49 C 01 34 23.61 +35 41 46.6 12.3 z 124
1996-11-02 22:04:25 C 01 34 25.57 +35 41 47.7 12.3 z 124
1996-11-02 22:07:07 C 01 34 27.03 +35 41 48.9 12.3 z 124
1996-11-02 22:08:01 C 01 34 27.54 +35 41 49.4 12.3 z 124
1996-11-02 22:08:55 C 01 34 28.00 +35 41 49.9 12.3 z 124
1996-11-02 22:33:55 C 01 34 41.54 +35 41 59.5 12.3 z 124
1996-11-02 22:37:04 C 01 34 43.34 +35 42 05.7 z 619
1996-11-02 22:41:51 C 01 34 45.92 +35 42 07.4 z 619
1996-11-02 22:50:05 C 01 34 50.27 +35 42 05.4 12.3 z 124
1996-11-02 23:05:00 C 01 34 58.34 +35 42 10.4 12.3 z 124
1996-11-02 23:13:41 C 01 35 03.02 +35 42 13.4 12.3 z 124
1996-11-03 18:54:30 01 46 20.49 +35 46 35.5 m 026
1996-11-03 19:03:00 01 46 24.99 +35 46 39.2 m 026
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)