(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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 0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

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 0.021
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

residual plot

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.