(4063) Euforbo


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Object

Object (4063) Euforbo
Diameter(1) 96 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.70
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.185406 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.118102767 ± 0.000000070
Inclination 18.940941819 ± 0.000008286 °
Longitude of ascending node 113.512523 ± 0.000019 °
Argument of perihelia 318.329060 ± 0.000066 °
Mean anomaly 258.142087 ± 0.000058 °
Orbital period 11.81 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 4063_Euforbo_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1943-03-09
Date of last observation 2019-08-10
Number of observations used in the fit 1811
Number of rejected observations 5
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1816
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.517 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 0.025 0.020
2019-07 0.039 0.028
2020-01 0.032 0.023
2020-07 0.046 0.031
2021-01 0.045 0.029
2021-07 0.052 0.032
2022-01 0.065 0.039
2022-07 0.057 0.030
2023-01 0.089 0.042

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL66 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.