(1867) Deiphobus


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Object

Object (1867) Deiphobus
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.30
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.127048 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.044332802 ± 0.000000009
Inclination 26.914973549 ± 0.000001551 °
Longitude of ascending node 283.709892 ± 0.000001 °
Argument of perihelia 359.096060 ± 0.000100 °
Mean anomaly 281.073493 ± 0.000104 °
Orbital period 11.61 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 1867_Deiphobus_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1971-03-03
Date of last observation 2019-08-13
Number of observations used in the fit 2326
Number of rejected observations 1
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2025
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.083 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 0.017 0.007
2019-07 0.018 0.009
2020-01 0.024 0.001
2020-07 0.033 0.002
2021-01 0.027 0.010
2021-07 0.040 0.019
2022-01 0.026 0.017
2022-07 0.036 0.028
2023-01 0.025 0.020

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL69 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.