(4063) Euforbo


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Object

Object (4063) Euforbo
Diameter(1) 96 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.83
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.188558 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.119635188 ± 0.000000068
Inclination 18.940198715 ± 0.000005808 °
Longitude of ascending node 113.517666 ± 0.000021 °
Argument of perihelia 318.579356 ± 0.000034 °
Mean anomaly 358.197526 ± 0.000027 °
Orbital period 11.82 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 4063_Euforbo_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1943-03-09
Date of last observation 2022-03-10
Number of observations used in the fit 2954
Number of rejected observations 19
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2973
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.403 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 0.034 0.026
2022-07 0.033 0.022
2023-01 0.056 0.034
2023-07 0.043 0.022
2024-01 0.072 0.030
2024-07 0.050 0.020
2025-01 0.064 0.028
2025-07 0.053 0.022
2026-01 0.053 0.028

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL87 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.