(1871) Astyanax
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Object
Object | (1871) Astyanax |
Diameter(1) | 34 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 11.27 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2459800.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.230045 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.034907105 ± 0.000000055 |
Inclination | 8.606205565 ± 0.000005998 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 145.778031 ± 0.000046 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 166.200103 ± 0.000117 ° |
Mean anomaly | 314.702906 ± 0.000108 ° |
Orbital period | 11.96 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv5 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt |
bsp file | 1871_Astyanax_nima_v5.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1971-03-24 |
Date of last observation | 2023-06-26 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 2240 |
Number of rejected observations | 166 |
Number of DES observations | 20 |
Number of MPC observations | 2358 |
Number of unpublished observations | 28 |
RMS of observations | 0.493 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) |
2023-01 | 0.033 | 0.022 |
2023-07 | 0.052 | 0.034 |
2024-01 | 0.037 | 0.023 |
2024-07 | 0.051 | 0.030 |
2025-01 | 0.040 | 0.022 |
2025-07 | 0.048 | 0.025 |
2026-01 | 0.045 | 0.022 |
2026-07 | 0.046 | 0.021 |
2027-01 | 0.054 | 0.026 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL45 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.