(4501) Eurypylos


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Object

Object (4501) Eurypylos
Diameter(1) 46 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 10.58
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.227201 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.054552615 ± 0.000000014
Inclination 8.293550486 ± 0.000000295 °
Longitude of ascending node 244.259107 ± 0.000002 °
Argument of perihelia 181.252859 ± 0.000014 °
Mean anomaly 78.908088 ± 0.000012 °
Orbital period 11.95 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 4501_Eurypylos_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-12-01
Date of last observation 2024-05-26
Number of observations used in the fit 4102
Number of rejected observations 19
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 3449
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.133 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv2 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.024 0.008
2024-07 0.018 0.006
2025-01 0.024 0.009
2025-07 0.021 0.008
2026-01 0.024 0.008
2026-07 0.024 0.008
2027-01 0.024 0.004
2027-07 0.028 0.006
2028-01 0.023 0.001

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 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.