(3793) Leonteus


Object

Object (3793) Leonteus
Diameter(1) 112 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.88
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 5.226740 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.091002065 ± 0.000000045
Inclination 20.893241824 ± 0.000005229 °
Longitude of ascending node 200.524153 ± 0.000013 °
Argument of perihelia 263.105419 ± 0.000032 °
Mean anomaly 49.841820 ± 0.000028 °
Orbital period 11.95 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 3793_Leonteus_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-29
Date of last observation 2025-07-08
Number of observations used in the fit 5384
Number of rejected observations 24
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 5408
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.340 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 0.033 0.023
2024-07 0.024 0.016
2025-01 0.034 0.021
2025-07 0.029 0.017
2026-01 0.033 0.018
2026-07 0.033 0.017
2027-01 0.031 0.016
2027-07 0.037 0.019
2028-01 0.030 0.016

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 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.

Previous NIMA versions