(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 |
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Number of unpublished observations | 16 |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

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

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.