(2357) Phereclos


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Object

Object (2357) Phereclos
Diameter(1) 95 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 9.07
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.223614 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.047466880 ± 0.000000046
Inclination 2.668335358 ± 0.000001152 °
Longitude of ascending node 179.180467 ± 0.000118 °
Argument of perihelia 76.749679 ± 0.000132 °
Mean anomaly 50.003932 ± 0.000054 °
Orbital period 11.94 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 2357_Phereclos_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1929-09-29
Date of last observation 2023-07-04
Number of observations used in the fit 3894
Number of rejected observations 21
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 3899
Number of unpublished observations 16
RMS of observations 0.479 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)
2023-01 0.016 0.013
2023-07 0.028 0.021
2024-01 0.025 0.019
2024-07 0.033 0.022
2025-01 0.034 0.022
2025-07 0.035 0.017
2026-01 0.043 0.019
2026-07 0.036 0.010
2027-01 0.050 0.009

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL71 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.