(15094) Polymele


Object

Object (15094) Polymele
Diameter(1) 21 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.82
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.186293 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.096756650 ± 0.000000023
Inclination 12.980856413 ± 0.000002271 °
Longitude of ascending node 50.316048 ± 0.000006 °
Argument of perihelia 5.462695 ± 0.000017 °
Mean anomaly 93.771287 ± 0.000014 °
Orbital period 11.81 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 15094_Polymele_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-30
Date of last observation 2024-04-27
Number of observations used in the fit 2155
Number of rejected observations 7
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1830
Number of unpublished observations 3
RMS of observations 0.125 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 0.012 0.008
2025-01 0.017 0.012
2025-07 0.016 0.011
2026-01 0.018 0.013
2026-07 0.019 0.014
2027-01 0.019 0.011
2027-07 0.023 0.014
2028-01 0.021 0.008

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL18 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