(1871) Astyanax


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Object

Object (1871) Astyanax
Diameter(1) 34 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.29
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2456550.165910663
Semi major axis 5.260894 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.032887317 ± 0.000000093
Inclination 8.596592352 ± 0.000006164 °
Longitude of ascending node 145.766400 ± 0.000046 °
Argument of perihelia 166.476499 ± 0.000176 °
Mean anomaly 47.652295 ± 0.000194 °
Orbital period 12.07 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 1871_Astyanax_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1971-03-24
Date of last observation 2020-07-18
Number of observations used in the fit 1519
Number of rejected observations 6
Number of DES observations 40
Number of MPC observations 1457
Number of unpublished observations 28
RMS of observations 0.494 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 0.042 0.021
2021-07 0.053 0.028
2022-01 0.047 0.023
2022-07 0.070 0.035
2023-01 0.050 0.024
2023-07 0.074 0.036
2024-01 0.050 0.024
2024-07 0.063 0.031
2025-01 0.047 0.022

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL37 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.