(17365) Thymbraeus


Object

Object (17365) Thymbraeus
Diameter(1) 45 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 10.58
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 5.266269 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.078113193 ± 0.000000015
Inclination 11.644840177 ± 0.000000353 °
Longitude of ascending node 252.106071 ± 0.000003 °
Argument of perihelia 118.236457 ± 0.000005 °
Mean anomaly 10.339861 ± 0.000004 °
Orbital period 12.09 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 17365_Thymbraeus_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1954-11-23
Date of last observation 2025-10-05
Number of observations used in the fit 4152
Number of rejected observations 194
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 3861
Number of unpublished observations 1
RMS of observations 0.146 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv4 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.004 0.002
2024-07 0.004 0.002
2025-01 0.004 0.002
2025-07 0.006 0.002
2026-01 0.008 0.002
2026-07 0.008 0.002
2027-01 0.013 0.003
2027-07 0.010 0.003
2028-01 0.015 0.005

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL59 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