(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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 0 |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

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

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.