(1867) Deiphobus


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Object

Object (1867) Deiphobus
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.30
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.127048 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.044332875 ± 0.000000062
Inclination 26.914966181 ± 0.000006704 °
Longitude of ascending node 283.709872 ± 0.000012 °
Argument of perihelia 359.096726 ± 0.000073 °
Mean anomaly 281.072787 ± 0.000070 °
Orbital period 11.61 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 1867_Deiphobus_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1971-03-03
Date of last observation 2022-11-07
Number of observations used in the fit 2911
Number of rejected observations 16
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2923
Number of unpublished observations 4
RMS of observations 0.430 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)
2022-01 0.019 0.017
2022-07 0.027 0.025
2023-01 0.020 0.018
2023-07 0.031 0.026
2024-01 0.027 0.024
2024-07 0.037 0.026
2025-01 0.039 0.029
2025-07 0.040 0.023
2026-01 0.051 0.029

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL87 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.