(11351) Leucus


This object has a more recent orbit available here

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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 5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

residual plot

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

residual plot

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.