(1583) Antilochus


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Object

Object (1583) Antilochus
Diameter(1) 109 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.60
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.132436 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.052111566 ± 0.000000087
Inclination 28.511856357 ± 0.000006038 °
Longitude of ascending node 221.376443 ± 0.000015 °
Argument of perihelia 186.805889 ± 0.000118 °
Mean anomaly 291.368248 ± 0.000124 °
Orbital period 11.63 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 1583_Antilochus_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1926-11-10
Date of last observation 2019-08-12
Number of observations used in the fit 2169
Number of rejected observations 13
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2182
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.547 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 0.023 0.020
2019-07 0.032 0.024
2020-01 0.030 0.022
2020-07 0.040 0.023
2021-01 0.046 0.025
2021-07 0.048 0.023
2022-01 0.067 0.033
2022-07 0.054 0.025
2023-01 0.081 0.038

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL34 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.