(1871) Astyanax
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Object
Object | (1871) Astyanax |
Diameter(1) | 34 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 11.20 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458600.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.242393 ± 0.000001 au |
Eccentricity | 0.034240413 ± 0.000000082 |
Inclination | 8.603377326 ± 0.000006985 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 145.762774 ± 0.000045 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 162.799031 ± 0.000214 ° |
Mean anomaly | 219.347861 ± 0.000189 ° |
Orbital period | 12.00 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv2 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt |
bsp file | 1871_Astyanax_nima_v2.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1971-03-24 |
Date of last observation | 2019-06-03 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 1292 |
Number of rejected observations | 4 |
Number of DES observations | 40 |
Number of MPC observations | 1228 |
Number of unpublished observations | 28 |
RMS of observations | 0.518 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) |
2019-01 | 0.037 | 0.025 |
2019-07 | 0.032 | 0.019 |
2020-01 | 0.043 | 0.022 |
2020-07 | 0.045 | 0.022 |
2021-01 | 0.051 | 0.022 |
2021-07 | 0.064 | 0.030 |
2022-01 | 0.056 | 0.023 |
2022-07 | 0.082 | 0.035 |
2023-01 | 0.058 | 0.023 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL22 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.