(884) Priamus
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Object
Object | (884) Priamus |
Diameter(1) | 101 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 8.73 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2459800.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.195633 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.125237455 ± 0.000000034 |
Inclination | 8.908725762 ± 0.000001996 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 301.563601 ± 0.000011 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 336.184388 ± 0.000024 ° |
Mean anomaly | 30.932890 ± 0.000016 ° |
Orbital period | 11.84 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv7 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt |
bsp file | 884_Priamus_nima_v7.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1917-09-22 |
Date of last observation | 2023-07-04 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 4091 |
Number of rejected observations | 40 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 4126 |
Number of unpublished observations | 5 |
RMS of observations | 3.509 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv7 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2023-01 | 0.016 | 0.010 |
2023-07 | 0.027 | 0.016 |
2024-01 | 0.026 | 0.016 |
2024-07 | 0.032 | 0.014 |
2025-01 | 0.036 | 0.017 |
2025-07 | 0.035 | 0.009 |
2026-01 | 0.044 | 0.011 |
2026-07 | 0.034 | 0.005 |
2027-01 | 0.046 | 0.007 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL57 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.