(1867) Deiphobus


Object

Object (1867) Deiphobus
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.44
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.134739 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.045411261 ± 0.000000010
Inclination 26.897138813 ± 0.000000294 °
Longitude of ascending node 283.691346 ± 0.000000 °
Argument of perihelia 1.211855 ± 0.000024 °
Mean anomaly 88.872366 ± 0.000025 °
Orbital period 11.64 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 1867_Deiphobus_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 1971-03-03
Date of last observation 2024-07-13
Number of observations used in the fit 4503
Number of rejected observations 18
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 4162
Number of unpublished observations 4
RMS of observations 0.100 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv7 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.014 0.010
2024-07 0.017 0.007
2025-01 0.017 0.008
2025-07 0.017 0.001
2026-01 0.021 0.002
2026-07 0.015 0.005
2027-01 0.021 0.008
2027-07 0.014 0.008
2028-01 0.019 0.014

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL99 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