(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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 28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

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 0.037 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

residual plot

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.