(1143) Odysseus
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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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 51 |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

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

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.