(3793) Leonteus


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Object

Object (3793) Leonteus
Diameter(1) 112 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.80
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.216833 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.089036662 ± 0.000000054
Inclination 20.901620167 ± 0.000003855 °
Longitude of ascending node 200.512223 ± 0.000015 °
Argument of perihelia 262.688681 ± 0.000045 °
Mean anomaly 228.236766 ± 0.000047 °
Orbital period 11.92 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 3793_Leonteus_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-29
Date of last observation 2018-12-30
Number of observations used in the fit 1923
Number of rejected observations 13
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1936
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.518 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 0.013 0.013
2018-07 0.020 0.018
2019-01 0.016 0.014
2019-07 0.025 0.019
2020-01 0.022 0.016
2020-07 0.031 0.019
2021-01 0.031 0.018
2021-07 0.037 0.016
2022-01 0.045 0.018

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL63 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.