(1143) Odysseus


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (1143) Odysseus
Diameter(1) 115 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 7.93
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.248071 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.089745438 ± 0.000000044
Inclination 3.137163123 ± 0.000004493 °
Longitude of ascending node 221.269686 ± 0.000077 °
Argument of perihelia 236.416397 ± 0.000065 °
Mean anomaly 216.858264 ± 0.000040 °
Orbital period 12.02 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 1143_Odysseus_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1930-01-28
Date of last observation 2018-12-01
Number of observations used in the fit 2217
Number of rejected observations 47
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2264
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.675 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 0.015 0.013
2018-07 0.023 0.019
2019-01 0.017 0.014
2019-07 0.025 0.020
2020-01 0.019 0.015
2020-07 0.026 0.019
2021-01 0.023 0.016
2021-07 0.027 0.017
2022-01 0.029 0.018

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL67 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.