(4063) Euforbo


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Object

Object (4063) Euforbo
Diameter(1) 96 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.70
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.185406 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.118102768 ± 0.000000045
Inclination 18.940937252 ± 0.000005897 °
Longitude of ascending node 113.512521 ± 0.000013 °
Argument of perihelia 318.329056 ± 0.000042 °
Mean anomaly 258.142089 ± 0.000037 °
Orbital period 11.81 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 4063_Euforbo_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1943-03-09
Date of last observation 2018-12-03
Number of observations used in the fit 1680
Number of rejected observations 0
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1680
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.870 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 0.018 0.014
2019-07 0.030 0.020
2020-01 0.025 0.016
2020-07 0.036 0.022
2021-01 0.035 0.021
2021-07 0.039 0.023
2022-01 0.048 0.027

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL66 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.