(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 | 5.194242 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.088827756 ± 0.000000051 |
Inclination | 8.059073805 ± 0.000004848 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 43.537960 ± 0.000045 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 27.498333 ± 0.000089 ° |
Mean anomaly | 270.990742 ± 0.000062 ° |
Orbital period | 11.84 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv2 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt |
bsp file | 3548_Eurybates_nima_v2.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1954-02-09 |
Date of last observation | 2018-12-17 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 1409 |
Number of rejected observations | 787 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 2196 |
Number of unpublished observations | 0 |
RMS of observations | 0.566 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv2 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2018-01 | 0.017 | 0.016 |
2018-07 | 0.025 | 0.021 |
2019-01 | 0.019 | 0.015 |
2019-07 | 0.029 | 0.022 |
2020-01 | 0.026 | 0.020 |
2020-07 | 0.036 | 0.025 |
2021-01 | 0.039 | 0.029 |
2021-07 | 0.043 | 0.025 |
2022-01 | 0.059 | 0.034 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv2 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.