(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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 28 |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

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

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.