(58931) Palmys


Object

Object (58931) Palmys
Diameter(1) 28 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.68
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.253514 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.098861424 ± 0.000000019
Inclination 16.411261804 ± 0.000001656 °
Longitude of ascending node 119.565417 ± 0.000004 °
Argument of perihelia 134.501689 ± 0.000013 °
Mean anomaly 96.777982 ± 0.000009 °
Orbital period 12.04 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 58931_Palmys_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 1993-01-21
Date of last observation 2024-07-07
Number of observations used in the fit 1998
Number of rejected observations 14
Number of DES observations 18
Number of MPC observations 1621
Number of unpublished observations 88
RMS of observations 0.118 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 0.011 0.006
2024-07 0.016 0.008
2025-01 0.015 0.007
2025-07 0.018 0.009
2026-01 0.020 0.009
2026-07 0.020 0.009
2027-01 0.025 0.011
2027-07 0.022 0.008
2028-01 0.031 0.010

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL41 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