(16560) Daitor


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Object

Object (16560) Daitor
Diameter(1) 43 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 10.78
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.060521 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.042181091 ± 0.000000057
Inclination 15.306613427 ± 0.000005108 °
Longitude of ascending node 100.761029 ± 0.000028 °
Argument of perihelia 160.430021 ± 0.000095 °
Mean anomaly 41.194409 ± 0.000090 °
Orbital period 11.38 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 16560_Daitor_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1955-10-23
Date of last observation 2022-07-12
Number of observations used in the fit 2156
Number of rejected observations 5
Number of DES observations 115
Number of MPC observations 2046
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.363 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 0.035 0.023
2022-07 0.055 0.034
2023-01 0.039 0.023
2023-07 0.050 0.030
2024-01 0.041 0.022
2024-07 0.044 0.026
2025-01 0.045 0.026
2025-07 0.042 0.025
2026-01 0.052 0.032

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL34 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.