(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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 0 |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

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

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.