(5027) Androgeos


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Object

Object (5027) Androgeos
Diameter(1) 59 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 9.88
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2461200.5
Semi major axis 5.294213 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.064636823 ± 0.000000013
Inclination 31.453672178 ± 0.000000265 °
Longitude of ascending node 78.213500 ± 0.000000 °
Argument of perihelia 346.049605 ± 0.000008 °
Mean anomaly 101.236556 ± 0.000007 °
Orbital period 12.18 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 5027_Androgeos_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1953-02-14
Date of last observation 2026-01-11
Number of observations used in the fit 5261
Number of rejected observations 225
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 4879
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.128 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv2 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.019 0.011
2024-07 0.016 0.005
2025-01 0.026 0.002
2025-07 0.020 0.002
2026-01 0.022 0.013
2026-07 0.020 0.010
2027-01 0.018 0.015
2027-07 0.019 0.015
2028-01 0.016 0.015

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL70 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.