(624) Hektor


Object

Object (624) Hektor
Diameter(1) 225 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 7.39
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.274477 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.023910680 ± 0.000000014
Inclination 18.151290272 ± 0.000000479 °
Longitude of ascending node 342.801475 ± 0.000003 °
Argument of perihelia 179.748714 ± 0.000020 °
Mean anomaly 337.578342 ± 0.000020 °
Orbital period 12.11 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv8
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv8.txt
bsp file 624_Hektor_nima_v8.bsp
Date of first observation 1907-02-11
Date of last observation 2024-05-30
Number of observations used in the fit 5778
Number of rejected observations 68
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 5824
Number of unpublished observations 22
RMS of observations 5.033 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv8 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.003 0.002
2024-07 0.003 0.002
2025-01 0.005 0.005
2025-07 0.005 0.004
2026-01 0.007 0.006
2026-07 0.007 0.006
2027-01 0.009 0.006
2027-07 0.010 0.008
2028-01 0.011 0.003

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv8 and JPL130 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