(1143) Odysseus
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Object
Object | (1143) Odysseus |
Diameter(1) | 115 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 8.47 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2460600.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.230490 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.090847076 ± 0.000000044 |
Inclination | 3.142100174 ± 0.000005103 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 221.230614 ± 0.000081 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 238.494120 ± 0.000086 ° |
Mean anomaly | 19.563840 ± 0.000029 ° |
Orbital period | 11.96 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv7 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt |
bsp file | 1143_Odysseus_nima_v7.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1930-01-28 |
Date of last observation | 2024-05-08 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 6258 |
Number of rejected observations | 58 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 6265 |
Number of unpublished observations | 51 |
RMS of observations | 3.604 arcsec |
Residuals

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 | 0.038 | 0.024 |
2024-07 | 0.027 | 0.016 |
2025-01 | 0.042 | 0.025 |
2025-07 | 0.031 | 0.017 |
2026-01 | 0.039 | 0.022 |
2026-07 | 0.034 | 0.019 |
2027-01 | 0.035 | 0.018 |
2027-07 | 0.037 | 0.020 |
2028-01 | 0.031 | 0.016 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL106 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.