(1871) Astyanax


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Object

Object (1871) Astyanax
Diameter(1) 34 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.20
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.242393 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.034240430 ± 0.000000081
Inclination 8.603378482 ± 0.000007359 °
Longitude of ascending node 145.762789 ± 0.000052 °
Argument of perihelia 162.799003 ± 0.000218 °
Mean anomaly 219.347869 ± 0.000191 °
Orbital period 12.00 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 1871_Astyanax_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1971-03-24
Date of last observation 2018-04-05
Number of observations used in the fit 1148
Number of rejected observations 3
Number of DES observations 40
Number of MPC observations 1083
Number of unpublished observations 28
RMS of observations 0.531 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv1 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2018-01 0.044 0.033
2018-07 0.034 0.023
2019-01 0.049 0.028
2019-07 0.043 0.021
2020-01 0.056 0.025
2020-07 0.057 0.025
2021-01 0.062 0.024
2021-07 0.076 0.031
2022-01 0.065 0.024

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL22 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.