(2207) Antenor


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Object

Object (2207) Antenor
Diameter(1) 98 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.96
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.167672 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.012526149 ± 0.000000007
Inclination 6.802324651 ± 0.000000252 °
Longitude of ascending node 159.028740 ± 0.000002 °
Argument of perihelia 305.356887 ± 0.000051 °
Mean anomaly 207.955757 ± 0.000053 °
Orbital period 11.75 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 2207_Antenor_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1959-03-11
Date of last observation 2023-07-04
Number of observations used in the fit 4464
Number of rejected observations 38
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 4176
Number of unpublished observations 46
RMS of observations 0.138 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 0.006 0.001
2023-07 0.010 0.003
2024-01 0.009 0.003
2024-07 0.012 0.004
2025-01 0.013 0.004
2025-07 0.014 0.003
2026-01 0.019 0.004
2026-07 0.016 0.002
2027-01 0.023 0.002

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL58 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.