(3793) Leonteus


Object

Object (3793) Leonteus
Diameter(1) 112 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.85
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.221740 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.090344161 ± 0.000000056
Inclination 20.895309012 ± 0.000005843 °
Longitude of ascending node 200.517306 ± 0.000014 °
Argument of perihelia 262.316483 ± 0.000035 °
Mean anomaly 327.965022 ± 0.000033 °
Orbital period 11.93 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 3793_Leonteus_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-29
Date of last observation 2023-04-16
Number of observations used in the fit 4175
Number of rejected observations 24
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 4199
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.376 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 0.037 0.024
2023-07 0.031 0.017
2024-01 0.052 0.027
2024-07 0.038 0.019
2025-01 0.054 0.024
2025-07 0.044 0.019
2026-01 0.049 0.019
2026-07 0.048 0.018
2027-01 0.042 0.017

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL95 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