(1437) Diomedes


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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 0.045401323 ± 0.000000047
Inclination 20.473586637 ± 0.000002636 °
Longitude of ascending node 315.786313 ± 0.000010 °
Argument of perihelia 128.747179 ± 0.000062 °
Mean anomaly 9.461493 ± 0.000057 °
Orbital period 11.91 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 1437_Diomedes_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1931-02-17
Date of last observation 2022-05-04
Number of observations used in the fit 3686
Number of rejected observations 16
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 3697
Number of unpublished observations 5
RMS of observations 2.121 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv4 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2022-01 0.017 0.015
2022-07 0.016 0.012
2023-01 0.029 0.021
2023-07 0.022 0.017
2024-01 0.035 0.030
2024-07 0.027 0.024
2025-01 0.039 0.031
2025-07 0.035 0.030
2026-01 0.043 0.024

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL84 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.