(3548) Eurybates


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Object

Object (3548) Eurybates
Diameter(1) 64 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 9.70
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.194241 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.088827524 ± 0.000000049
Inclination 8.059075964 ± 0.000004198 °
Longitude of ascending node 43.537959 ± 0.000044 °
Argument of perihelia 27.498377 ± 0.000086 °
Mean anomaly 270.990743 ± 0.000060 °
Orbital period 11.84 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 3548_Eurybates_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1954-02-09
Date of last observation 2018-12-17
Number of observations used in the fit 2177
Number of rejected observations 19
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2196
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.813 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 0.014 0.014
2018-07 0.020 0.018
2019-01 0.016 0.013
2019-07 0.026 0.020
2020-01 0.023 0.018
2020-07 0.034 0.024
2021-01 0.037 0.028
2021-07 0.042 0.024
2022-01 0.058 0.033

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL52 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.