(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 | 0.090847090 ± 0.000000005 |
Inclination | 3.142097481 ± 0.000000138 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 221.230537 ± 0.000003 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 238.494200 ± 0.000004 ° |
Mean anomaly | 19.563838 ± 0.000002 ° |
Orbital period | 11.96 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv8 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv8.txt |
bsp file | 1143_Odysseus_nima_v8.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1930-01-28 |
Date of last observation | 2024-11-12 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 6858 |
Number of rejected observations | 58 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 6349 |
Number of unpublished observations | 55 |
RMS of observations | 0.124 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv8 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2024-01 | 0.005 | 0.001 |
2024-07 | 0.003 | 0.001 |
2025-01 | 0.006 | 0.002 |
2025-07 | 0.004 | 0.001 |
2026-01 | 0.006 | 0.002 |
2026-07 | 0.005 | 0.002 |
2027-01 | 0.006 | 0.002 |
2027-07 | 0.006 | 0.002 |
2028-01 | 0.006 | 0.001 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv8 and JPL108 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.