(3793) Leonteus


This object has a more recent orbit available here

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 0.089036654 ± 0.000000051
Inclination 20.901616204 ± 0.000001411 °
Longitude of ascending node 200.512252 ± 0.000013 °
Argument of perihelia 262.688620 ± 0.000044 °
Mean anomaly 228.236792 ± 0.000040 °
Orbital period 11.92 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 3793_Leonteus_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-29
Date of last observation 2018-12-30
Number of observations used in the fit 2142
Number of rejected observations 11
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1936
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.109 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

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)
2019-01 0.020 0.004
2019-07 0.035 0.008
2020-01 0.031 0.005
2020-07 0.047 0.006
2021-01 0.047 0.004
2021-07 0.055 0.002
2022-01 0.067 0.003
2022-07 0.059 0.006
2023-01 0.083 0.010

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 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.