(1871) Astyanax


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Object

Object (1871) Astyanax
Diameter(1) 34 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 11.27
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.230045 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.034907118 ± 0.000000052
Inclination 8.606205758 ± 0.000005771 °
Longitude of ascending node 145.778019 ± 0.000045 °
Argument of perihelia 166.200104 ± 0.000116 °
Mean anomaly 314.702915 ± 0.000107 °
Orbital period 11.96 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 1871_Astyanax_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1971-03-24
Date of last observation 2022-07-09
Number of observations used in the fit 1964
Number of rejected observations 7
Number of DES observations 40
Number of MPC observations 1903
Number of unpublished observations 28
RMS of observations 0.472 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 0.031 0.020
2022-07 0.046 0.031
2023-01 0.035 0.023
2023-07 0.054 0.034
2024-01 0.037 0.023
2024-07 0.050 0.030
2025-01 0.039 0.021
2025-07 0.045 0.023
2026-01 0.042 0.020

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL40 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.