(4501) Eurypylos


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Object

Object (4501) Eurypylos
Diameter(1) 46 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 5.223849 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.054589560 ± 0.000000015
Inclination 8.293979215 ± 0.000000295 °
Longitude of ascending node 244.265505 ± 0.000002 °
Argument of perihelia 180.493542 ± 0.000014 °
Mean anomaly 46.619729 ± 0.000013 °
Orbital period 11.94 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 4501_Eurypylos_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-12-01
Date of last observation 2023-11-01
Number of observations used in the fit 3610
Number of rejected observations 18
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2956
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.133 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 0.022 0.004
2023-07 0.016 0.004
2024-01 0.026 0.009
2024-07 0.019 0.007
2025-01 0.027 0.010
2025-07 0.022 0.009
2026-01 0.026 0.008
2026-07 0.026 0.009
2027-01 0.026 0.005

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL55 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.