(1437) Diomedes


Object

Object (1437) Diomedes
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.31
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.214433 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.045401384 ± 0.000000009
Inclination 20.473586657 ± 0.000000190 °
Longitude of ascending node 315.786316 ± 0.000001 °
Argument of perihelia 128.747213 ± 0.000010 °
Mean anomaly 9.461465 ± 0.000009 °
Orbital period 11.91 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 1437_Diomedes_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1931-02-17
Date of last observation 2023-05-15
Number of observations used in the fit 4410
Number of rejected observations 21
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 4153
Number of unpublished observations 6
RMS of observations 0.136 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv5 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.010 0.005
2023-07 0.007 0.005
2024-01 0.011 0.009
2024-07 0.009 0.007
2025-01 0.012 0.010
2025-07 0.011 0.009
2026-01 0.014 0.008
2026-07 0.014 0.009
2027-01 0.015 0.003

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL90 in right ascension (weighted by cos δ) and in declination.
Gray area represents the 1-σ uncertainty of NIMA ephemeris. Green dots represent the DES observations.

Previous NIMA versions