(1867) Deiphobus


Object

Object (1867) Deiphobus
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.42
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 5.134616 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.045092665 ± 0.000000007
Inclination 26.897592965 ± 0.000000114 °
Longitude of ascending node 283.688012 ± 0.000000 °
Argument of perihelia 1.135216 ± 0.000008 °
Mean anomaly 105.931559 ± 0.000006 °
Orbital period 11.64 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv9
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv9.txt
bsp file 1867_Deiphobus_nima_v9.bsp
Date of first observation 1971-03-03
Date of last observation 2025-07-09
Number of observations used in the fit 5589
Number of rejected observations 18
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 4943
Number of unpublished observations 4
RMS of observations 0.126 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv9 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.008 0.006
2024-07 0.012 0.005
2025-01 0.012 0.006
2025-07 0.013 0.001
2026-01 0.017 0.001
2026-07 0.013 0.004
2027-01 0.018 0.007
2027-07 0.012 0.007
2028-01 0.016 0.012

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv9 and JPL104 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