(884) Priamus


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (884) Priamus
Diameter(1) 101 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.73
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.195633 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.125237443 ± 0.000000037
Inclination 8.908726209 ± 0.000002020 °
Longitude of ascending node 301.563602 ± 0.000011 °
Argument of perihelia 336.184382 ± 0.000025 °
Mean anomaly 30.932894 ± 0.000017 °
Orbital period 11.84 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 884_Priamus_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1917-09-22
Date of last observation 2022-07-09
Number of observations used in the fit 2955
Number of rejected observations 30
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2982
Number of unpublished observations 3
RMS of observations 4.123 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2022-01 0.007 0.005
2022-07 0.020 0.012
2023-01 0.017 0.011
2023-07 0.030 0.018
2024-01 0.028 0.017
2024-07 0.035 0.015
2025-01 0.039 0.018
2025-07 0.038 0.009
2026-01 0.047 0.012

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL50 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.