(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 | 0.044332846 ± 0.000000010 |
Inclination | 26.914972539 ± 0.000000293 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 283.709890 ± 0.000000 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 359.096664 ± 0.000025 ° |
Mean anomaly | 281.072831 ± 0.000027 ° |
Orbital period | 11.61 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv6 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt |
bsp file | 1867_Deiphobus_nima_v6.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1971-03-03 |
Date of last observation | 2023-07-04 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 3857 |
Number of rejected observations | 16 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 3514 |
Number of unpublished observations | 4 |
RMS of observations | 0.100 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2023-01 | 0.013 | 0.011 |
2023-07 | 0.018 | 0.013 |
2024-01 | 0.015 | 0.011 |
2024-07 | 0.018 | 0.007 |
2025-01 | 0.018 | 0.009 |
2025-07 | 0.018 | 0.001 |
2026-01 | 0.022 | 0.002 |
2026-07 | 0.016 | 0.005 |
2027-01 | 0.022 | 0.009 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL94 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.