(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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 0 |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

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

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.