(1208) Troilus


Object

Object (1208) Troilus
Diameter(1) 100 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 9.00
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.252617 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.092684491 ± 0.000000056
Inclination 33.543437260 ± 0.000006167 °
Longitude of ascending node 48.553280 ± 0.000007 °
Argument of perihelia 295.567718 ± 0.000037 °
Mean anomaly 320.927814 ± 0.000039 °
Orbital period 12.04 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 1208_Troilus_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1931-12-31
Date of last observation 2023-07-02
Number of observations used in the fit 3187
Number of rejected observations 17
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 3202
Number of unpublished observations 2
RMS of observations 2.941 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)
2023-01 0.030 0.019
2023-07 0.041 0.039
2024-01 0.037 0.033
2024-07 0.037 0.046
2025-01 0.039 0.048
2025-07 0.036 0.042
2026-01 0.043 0.054
2026-07 0.039 0.032
2027-01 0.053 0.041

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL65 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