(1143) Odysseus


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (1143) Odysseus
Diameter(1) 115 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.40
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2456202.783026109
Semi major axis 5.250016 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.091362581 ± 0.000000066
Inclination 3.137790430 ± 0.000005853 °
Longitude of ascending node 221.295793 ± 0.000101 °
Argument of perihelia 236.610741 ± 0.000148 °
Mean anomaly 19.784880 ± 0.000053 °
Orbital period 12.03 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 1143_Odysseus_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1930-01-28
Date of last observation 2020-11-07
Number of observations used in the fit 3055
Number of rejected observations 28
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 3032
Number of unpublished observations 51
RMS of observations 5.137 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv4 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2021-01 0.021 0.017
2021-07 0.027 0.019
2022-01 0.029 0.021
2022-07 0.034 0.019
2023-01 0.047 0.027
2023-07 0.042 0.019
2024-01 0.067 0.029
2024-07 0.046 0.019
2025-01 0.067 0.031

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL84 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.