(5638) Deikoon


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Object

Object (5638) Deikoon
Diameter(1) 47 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 10.50
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 5.248985 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.107235520 ± 0.000000025
Inclination 10.908381792 ± 0.000000318 °
Longitude of ascending node 156.019725 ± 0.000005 °
Argument of perihelia 91.816618 ± 0.000009 °
Mean anomaly 260.334573 ± 0.000009 °
Orbital period 12.03 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv5
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt
bsp file 5638_Deikoon_nima_v5.bsp
Date of first observation 1988-08-18
Date of last observation 2020-08-11
Number of observations used in the fit 2248
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 10
Number of MPC observations 1976
Number of unpublished observations 2
RMS of observations 0.091 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv5 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2021-01 0.007 0.002
2021-07 0.013 0.002
2022-01 0.013 0.002
2022-07 0.024 0.002
2023-01 0.018 0.002
2023-07 0.028 0.006
2024-01 0.021 0.004
2024-07 0.025 0.007
2025-01 0.022 0.006

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL36 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.