4544 Xanthus (1989 FB)

NEO ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.2501386666 ± 9.43e-09
Semi-major axis (a)1.0420242968 AU ± 2.10e-10
Inclination (i)14.14293362° ± 1.06e-06
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)23.93544276° ± 2.72e-06
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)333.83833488° ± 3.84e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)5.13929800° ± 3.64e-06
Mean Motion (n)0.9266068532°/day ± 2.81e-10
Perihelion dist (q)0.78137373 AU ± 9.82e-09
Aphelion dist (Q)1.30267486 AU ± 9.83e-09
Orbital Period1.06369414 yr ± 3.22e-10
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)17.39
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-05-31
RMS Residual0.282″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.174208 AU
Observations Used2767
Radar Obs Used1
Oppositions1
Arc Total1989-2026
First Observation Used1989-03-30
Last Observation Used2026-02-18
Observations (3156)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
1989-03-30 08:25:15 13 32 26.42 +04 28 32.2 675
1989-03-30 09:11:59 13 32 18.96 +04 28 12.9 675
1989-03-31 10:20:00 A 13 28 25.89 +04 18 02.4 16.5 675
1989-04-01 08:52:15 A 13 24 52.02 +04 08 23.7 675
1989-04-03 10:20:00 A 13 16 44.70 +03 45 28.1 675
1989-04-04 10:05:59 A 13 12 43.82 +03 33 39.6 675
1989-04-05 08:42:44 A 13 08 51.15 +03 21 59.9 16.2 675
1989-04-06 08:10:45 A 13 04 46.50 +03 09 15.5 675
1989-04-08 05:44:30 A 12 56 44.24 +02 43 09.3 16.5 675
1989-04-08 06:21:29 A 12 56 37.41 +02 42 47.2 675
1989-04-09 05:12:29 A 12 52 31.88 +02 28 57.9 801
1989-04-10 05:47:43 A 12 48 06.70 +02 13 36.3 801
1989-04-11 15:58:29 A 12 41 57.59 +01 51 27.8 16.5 372
1989-04-11 16:12:30 A 12 41 55.50 +01 51 21.8 372
1989-04-17 07:27:22 A 12 18 03.84 +00 15 44.1 568
1989-04-29 04:19:44 A 11 35 20.15 -03 27 07.6 16.5 675
1989-04-29 05:01:14 A 11 35 14.88 -03 27 41.2 675
1989-05-01 04:06:44 A 11 29 37.76 -04 04 53.6 675
1989-05-01 04:41:14 A 11 29 33.44 -04 05 21.7 675
1989-05-05 01:25:26 A 11 19 48.19 -05 18 10.7 801
1989-05-08 02:23:15 A 11 13 19.02 -06 14 45.5 801
1989-06-05 07:44:56 A 10 51 13.78 -14 38 13.7 568
1989-07-28 08:19:11 A 11 16 47.40 -30 06 36.0 18.7 474
1989-07-28 09:00:11 A 11 16 47.67 -30 06 58.2 474
1989-07-29 08:45:41 A 11 16 58.87 -30 20 44.7 474
1989-07-29 09:26:51 A 11 16 59.11 -30 21 05.8 474
1989-11-09 13:00:39 A 11 26 41.77 +27 16 38.1 675
1989-11-09 13:04:52 A 11 26 42.22 +27 16 38.9 675
1989-11-09 13:08:21 A 11 26 42.57 +27 16 39.7 675
1989-11-10 12:48:04 A 11 29 12.43 +27 21 22.5 675
1989-11-10 12:53:36 A 11 29 12.99 +27 21 23.9 675
1989-11-10 13:00:36 A 11 29 13.71 +27 21 25.2 675
1989-11-27 10:28:00 A 12 10 27.58 +27 48 50.1 801
1989-11-27 10:31:51 A 12 10 27.98 +27 48 50.5 801
1989-11-27 10:35:43 A 12 10 28.28 +27 48 50.9 801
1990-01-25 11:02:30 A 13 33 25.32 +31 27 03.3 688
1990-01-25 11:10:59 A 13 33 25.28 +31 27 07.7 688
1990-01-28 09:55:15 A 13 32 52.30 +32 04 27.6 A 801
1990-01-28 10:20:38 A 13 32 51.79 +32 04 41.7 A 801
1990-02-20 11:16:45 A 12 56 12.61 +37 42 57.9 675
1990-02-21 07:42:16 A 12 53 33.59 +37 53 30.1 801
1990-02-21 08:12:10 A 12 53 29.68 +37 53 44.9 801
1990-02-24 12:32:30 A 12 42 43.50 +38 28 26.2 675
1990-02-26 07:19:57 A 12 36 10.70 +38 43 53.6 801
1990-02-26 07:29:14 A 12 36 09.06 +38 43 54.2 801
1990-03-19 06:15:00 11 08 24.52 +36 29 11.2 261
1990-03-19 07:09:59 11 08 15.44 +36 28 23.5 261
1990-03-22 04:17:47 A 10 57 43.89 +35 24 05.6 801
1990-03-22 04:28:21 A 10 57 42.27 +35 23 55.0 801
1990-03-26 03:11:09 A 10 44 53.13 +33 43 49.2 801
Radar Observations (2)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
1990-11-19 17:00:00 -11375 1 Hz 2380 -1 -1
1990-11-19.708333 -1137500 100 Hz 2380 251 251
Station codes
-1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)