(1172) Aneas


Object

Object (1172) Aneas
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.30
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.235559 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.106341541 ± 0.000000035
Inclination 16.655892154 ± 0.000004406 °
Longitude of ascending node 247.254143 ± 0.000008 °
Argument of perihelia 52.162951 ± 0.000024 °
Mean anomaly 75.669860 ± 0.000018 °
Orbital period 11.98 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv8
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv8.txt
bsp file 1172_Aneas_nima_v8.bsp
Date of first observation 1930-10-17
Date of last observation 2024-07-13
Number of observations used in the fit 4929
Number of rejected observations 43
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 4943
Number of unpublished observations 29
RMS of observations 2.991 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv8 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.024 0.017
2024-07 0.030 0.015
2025-01 0.034 0.015
2025-07 0.032 0.010
2026-01 0.042 0.011
2026-07 0.031 0.009
2027-01 0.043 0.013
2027-07 0.030 0.012
2028-01 0.040 0.019

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv8 and JPL115 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