(11351) Leucus
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Object
Object | (11351) Leucus |
Diameter(1) | 34 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 10.89 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2457311.149145183 |
Semi major axis | 5.281898 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.063976369 ± 0.000000046 |
Inclination | 11.561762448 ± 0.000001346 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 251.089005 ± 0.000014 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 161.504356 ± 0.000030 ° |
Mean anomaly | 185.225640 ± 0.000026 ° |
Orbital period | 12.14 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv5 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv5.txt |
bsp file | 11351_Leucus_nima_v5.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1982-07-25 |
Date of last observation | 2023-03-27 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 2647 |
Number of rejected observations | 6 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 2648 |
Number of unpublished observations | 5 |
RMS of observations | 0.349 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv5 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2023-01 | 0.043 | 0.015 |
2023-07 | 0.032 | 0.011 |
2024-01 | 0.048 | 0.020 |
2024-07 | 0.036 | 0.015 |
2025-01 | 0.047 | 0.019 |
2025-07 | 0.040 | 0.016 |
2026-01 | 0.043 | 0.014 |
2026-07 | 0.042 | 0.016 |
2027-01 | 0.039 | 0.010 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv5 and JPL25 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.