(16560) Daitor
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Object
Object | (16560) Daitor |
Diameter(1) | 43 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 10.79 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2460600.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.061874 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.041274193 ± 0.000000017 |
Inclination | 15.302156184 ± 0.000000846 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 100.734489 ± 0.000002 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 161.115300 ± 0.000042 ° |
Mean anomaly | 109.906105 ± 0.000043 ° |
Orbital period | 11.39 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv6 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt |
bsp file | 16560_Daitor_nima_v6.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1955-10-23 |
Date of last observation | 2024-07-12 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 2845 |
Number of rejected observations | 5 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 2606 |
Number of unpublished observations | 0 |
RMS of observations | 0.144 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2024-01 | 0.026 | 0.008 |
2024-07 | 0.028 | 0.013 |
2025-01 | 0.029 | 0.013 |
2025-07 | 0.026 | 0.012 |
2026-01 | 0.033 | 0.015 |
2026-07 | 0.026 | 0.010 |
2027-01 | 0.037 | 0.013 |
2027-07 | 0.027 | 0.006 |
2028-01 | 0.040 | 0.004 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv6 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.