(1143) Odysseus
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Object
Object | (1143) Odysseus |
Diameter(1) | 115 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 7.93 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458600.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.248071 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.089745428 ± 0.000000058 |
Inclination | 3.137161204 ± 0.000005795 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 221.269640 ± 0.000103 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 236.416430 ± 0.000082 ° |
Mean anomaly | 216.858275 ± 0.000061 ° |
Orbital period | 12.02 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv3 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt |
bsp file | 1143_Odysseus_nima_v3.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1930-01-28 |
Date of last observation | 2020-09-01 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 2753 |
Number of rejected observations | 48 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 2750 |
Number of unpublished observations | 51 |
RMS of observations | 0.603 arcsec |
Residuals

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 | 0.021 | 0.019 |
2020-07 | 0.027 | 0.022 |
2021-01 | 0.023 | 0.019 |
2021-07 | 0.029 | 0.021 |
2022-01 | 0.031 | 0.022 |
2022-07 | 0.035 | 0.020 |
2023-01 | 0.049 | 0.027 |
2023-07 | 0.043 | 0.019 |
2024-01 | 0.068 | 0.029 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL67 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.