(3793) Leonteus
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Object
Object | (3793) Leonteus |
Diameter(1) | 112 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 8.85 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2459800.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.221740 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.090344153 ± 0.000000059 |
Inclination | 20.895310717 ± 0.000006350 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 200.517304 ± 0.000015 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 262.316495 ± 0.000041 ° |
Mean anomaly | 327.965009 ± 0.000042 ° |
Orbital period | 11.93 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv4 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt |
bsp file | 3793_Leonteus_nima_v4.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1951-11-29 |
Date of last observation | 2022-07-06 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 3522 |
Number of rejected observations | 20 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 3542 |
Number of unpublished observations | 0 |
RMS of observations | 0.403 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 | 0.021 |
2022-07 | 0.034 | 0.018 |
2023-01 | 0.053 | 0.027 |
2023-07 | 0.044 | 0.019 |
2024-01 | 0.071 | 0.030 |
2024-07 | 0.052 | 0.020 |
2025-01 | 0.070 | 0.025 |
2025-07 | 0.056 | 0.019 |
2026-01 | 0.058 | 0.019 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL89 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.