(32532) Thereus
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Object
Object | (32532) Thereus |
Diameter(1) | 86 km |
Dynamic class(1) | Centaur |
Absolute magnitude | 9.04 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2460400.5 |
Semi major axis | 10.617454 ± 0.000002 au |
Eccentricity | 0.198328423 ± 0.000000155 |
Inclination | 20.383018319 ± 0.000001269 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 205.155407 ± 0.000015 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 87.074513 ± 0.000040 ° |
Mean anomaly | 260.340068 ± 0.000076 ° |
Orbital period | 34.60 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv1 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt |
bsp file | 32532_Thereus_nima_v1.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1983-01-13 |
Date of last observation | 2024-01-08 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 954 |
Number of rejected observations | 2 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 666 |
Number of unpublished observations | 0 |
RMS of observations | 0.115 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 | 0.038 | 0.013 |
2023-07 | 0.034 | 0.013 |
2024-01 | 0.052 | 0.015 |
2024-07 | 0.048 | 0.015 |
2025-01 | 0.070 | 0.017 |
2025-07 | 0.067 | 0.017 |
2026-01 | 0.093 | 0.018 |
2026-07 | 0.091 | 0.018 |
2027-01 | 0.119 | 0.019 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL59 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.