(15094) Polymele


Object

Object (15094) Polymele
Diameter(1) 21 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.76
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2457274.253817529
Semi major axis 5.161315 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.094949586 ± 0.000000023
Inclination 12.998738846 ± 0.000002290 °
Longitude of ascending node 50.339857 ± 0.000006 °
Argument of perihelia 5.076132 ± 0.000017 °
Mean anomaly 175.152645 ± 0.000020 °
Orbital period 11.73 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 15094_Polymele_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-30
Date of last observation 2022-12-27
Number of observations used in the fit 1818
Number of rejected observations 7
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1493
Number of unpublished observations 3
RMS of observations 0.125 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 0.012 0.007
2022-07 0.006 0.003
2023-01 0.008 0.006
2023-07 0.007 0.005
2024-01 0.014 0.010
2024-07 0.012 0.008
2025-01 0.018 0.012
2025-07 0.016 0.011
2026-01 0.019 0.013

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL16 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