(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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 4 |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

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

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.