(1173) Anchises


Object

Object (1173) Anchises
Diameter(1) 99 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 9.04
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.273978 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.138291727 ± 0.000000014
Inclination 6.926753750 ± 0.000000517 °
Longitude of ascending node 283.911149 ± 0.000002 °
Argument of perihelia 41.524748 ± 0.000004 °
Mean anomaly 18.273021 ± 0.000006 °
Orbital period 12.11 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 1173_Anchises_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1930-10-17
Date of last observation 2024-07-12
Number of observations used in the fit 5711
Number of rejected observations 35
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 5384
Number of unpublished observations 95
RMS of observations 0.125 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)
2024-01 0.012 0.005
2024-07 0.019 0.009
2025-01 0.017 0.008
2025-07 0.019 0.007
2026-01 0.021 0.008
2026-07 0.018 0.003
2027-01 0.023 0.004
2027-07 0.016 0.001
2028-01 0.022 0.003

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL74 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.

Previous NIMA versions