(17365) Thymbraeus


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Object

Object (17365) Thymbraeus
Diameter(1) 45 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 10.57
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460200.5
Semi major axis 5.269578 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.078526725 ± 0.000000017
Inclination 11.643961023 ± 0.000000375 °
Longitude of ascending node 252.124537 ± 0.000003 °
Argument of perihelia 117.710731 ± 0.000013 °
Mean anomaly 321.874970 ± 0.000018 °
Orbital period 12.10 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 17365_Thymbraeus_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1954-11-23
Date of last observation 2023-09-07
Number of observations used in the fit 2994
Number of rejected observations 193
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2703
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.146 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv1 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.016 0.006
2023-07 0.028 0.012
2024-01 0.023 0.009
2024-07 0.033 0.012
2025-01 0.032 0.012
2025-07 0.036 0.006
2026-01 0.043 0.008
2026-07 0.035 0.002
2027-01 0.049 0.005

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL44 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.