(1867) Deiphobus


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Object

Object (1867) Deiphobus
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.30
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 5.127324 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.043821785 ± 0.000000071
Inclination 26.914638225 ± 0.000005238 °
Longitude of ascending node 283.707479 ± 0.000010 °
Argument of perihelia 359.092140 ± 0.000110 °
Mean anomaly 247.062609 ± 0.000118 °
Orbital period 11.61 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 1867_Deiphobus_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1971-03-03
Date of last observation 2019-01-28
Number of observations used in the fit 1805
Number of rejected observations 8
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1813
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.502 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 0.020 0.018
2018-07 0.017 0.016
2019-01 0.025 0.019
2019-07 0.026 0.021
2020-01 0.031 0.018
2020-07 0.041 0.024
2021-01 0.033 0.020
2021-07 0.049 0.031
2022-01 0.032 0.024

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL69 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.