(1172) Aneas
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Object
Object | (1172) Aneas |
Diameter(1) | 118 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 8.34 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2459800.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.227315 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.106470814 ± 0.000000040 |
Inclination | 16.654334912 ± 0.000004659 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 247.306322 ± 0.000008 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 51.004078 ± 0.000025 ° |
Mean anomaly | 10.715899 ± 0.000019 ° |
Orbital period | 11.95 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv7 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt |
bsp file | 1172_Aneas_nima_v7.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1930-10-17 |
Date of last observation | 2023-07-04 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 4262 |
Number of rejected observations | 43 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 4276 |
Number of unpublished observations | 29 |
RMS of observations | 3.216 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv7 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2023-01 | 0.017 | 0.014 |
2023-07 | 0.030 | 0.020 |
2024-01 | 0.028 | 0.018 |
2024-07 | 0.035 | 0.016 |
2025-01 | 0.039 | 0.016 |
2025-07 | 0.036 | 0.011 |
2026-01 | 0.047 | 0.011 |
2026-07 | 0.035 | 0.010 |
2027-01 | 0.048 | 0.014 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL110 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.