(5638) Deikoon
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Object
Object | (5638) Deikoon |
Diameter(1) | 47 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 10.50 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458200.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.248985 ± 0.000001 au |
Eccentricity | 0.107235530 ± 0.000000070 |
Inclination | 10.908381021 ± 0.000007787 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 156.019747 ± 0.000043 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 91.816592 ± 0.000095 ° |
Mean anomaly | 260.334575 ± 0.000079 ° |
Orbital period | 12.03 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv1 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt |
bsp file | 5638_Deikoon_nima_v1.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1988-08-18 |
Date of last observation | 2018-11-04 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 1383 |
Number of rejected observations | 4 |
Number of DES observations | 10 |
Number of MPC observations | 1377 |
Number of unpublished observations | 0 |
RMS of observations | 0.520 arcsec |
Residuals

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 | 0.042 | 0.034 |
2018-07 | 0.033 | 0.024 |
2019-01 | 0.050 | 0.029 |
2019-07 | 0.045 | 0.024 |
2020-01 | 0.061 | 0.028 |
2020-07 | 0.068 | 0.030 |
2021-01 | 0.071 | 0.027 |
2021-07 | 0.099 | 0.038 |
2022-01 | 0.074 | 0.026 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL21 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.