(15094) Polymele


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Object

Object (15094) Polymele
Diameter(1) 21 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.76
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2457274.253817529
Semi major axis 5.161315 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.094949584 ± 0.000000025
Inclination 12.998739008 ± 0.000002767 °
Longitude of ascending node 50.339857 ± 0.000006 °
Argument of perihelia 5.076132 ± 0.000017 °
Mean anomaly 175.152645 ± 0.000020 °
Orbital period 11.73 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 15094_Polymele_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1951-11-30
Date of last observation 2022-08-26
Number of observations used in the fit 1759
Number of rejected observations 6
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1435
Number of unpublished observations 1
RMS of observations 0.125 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)
2022-01 0.013 0.008
2022-07 0.009 0.004
2023-01 0.014 0.008
2023-07 0.011 0.007
2024-01 0.019 0.012
2024-07 0.015 0.010
2025-01 0.021 0.014
2025-07 0.019 0.012
2026-01 0.021 0.014

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL16 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.