(911) Agamemnon


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Object

Object (911) Agamemnon
Diameter(1) 131 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 7.89
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.277539 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.066008213 ± 0.000000078
Inclination 21.763457515 ± 0.000008614 °
Longitude of ascending node 338.005398 ± 0.000017 °
Argument of perihelia 80.628206 ± 0.000114 °
Mean anomaly 268.861032 ± 0.000122 °
Orbital period 12.12 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 911_Agamemnon_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1919-03-19
Date of last observation 2020-09-01
Number of observations used in the fit 2127
Number of rejected observations 34
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2113
Number of unpublished observations 48
RMS of observations 0.585 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv3 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2020-01 0.023 0.022
2020-07 0.028 0.027
2021-01 0.027 0.028
2021-07 0.035 0.029
2022-01 0.042 0.039
2022-07 0.043 0.029
2023-01 0.063 0.041
2023-07 0.046 0.029
2024-01 0.062 0.047

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL83 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.