(884) Priamus


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (884) Priamus
Diameter(1) 101 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.81
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.181757 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.122676242 ± 0.000000013
Inclination 8.915388049 ± 0.000002296 °
Longitude of ascending node 301.562984 ± 0.000002 °
Argument of perihelia 335.474083 ± 0.000025 °
Mean anomaly 291.306208 ± 0.000031 °
Orbital period 11.80 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 884_Priamus_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1917-09-22
Date of last observation 2019-08-01
Number of observations used in the fit 2508
Number of rejected observations 37
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2478
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.101 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 0.021 0.009
2019-07 0.022 0.011
2020-01 0.031 0.008
2020-07 0.043 0.012
2021-01 0.039 0.002
2021-07 0.063 0.010
2022-01 0.040 0.013
2022-07 0.052 0.026
2023-01 0.036 0.018

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL32 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.