(1867) Deiphobus


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Object

Object (1867) Deiphobus
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.30
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.127048 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.044332865 ± 0.000000072
Inclination 26.914967381 ± 0.000007256 °
Longitude of ascending node 283.709866 ± 0.000015 °
Argument of perihelia 359.096756 ± 0.000176 °
Mean anomaly 281.072758 ± 0.000185 °
Orbital period 11.61 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 1867_Deiphobus_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1971-03-03
Date of last observation 2020-09-30
Number of observations used in the fit 2245
Number of rejected observations 7
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2252
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.481 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)
2021-01 0.038 0.025
2021-07 0.057 0.040
2022-01 0.038 0.030
2022-07 0.057 0.049
2023-01 0.041 0.035
2023-07 0.056 0.044
2024-01 0.046 0.038
2024-07 0.056 0.032
2025-01 0.056 0.035

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL69 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.