(11351) Leucus
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Object
Object | (11351) Leucus |
Diameter(1) | 34 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 10.94 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2460600.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.307755 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.065793133 ± 0.000000039 |
Inclination | 11.544111161 ± 0.000001343 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 251.073007 ± 0.000014 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 161.917293 ± 0.000029 ° |
Mean anomaly | 91.282622 ± 0.000022 ° |
Orbital period | 12.23 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv6 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt |
bsp file | 11351_Leucus_nima_v6.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1982-07-25 |
Date of last observation | 2024-05-26 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 3011 |
Number of rejected observations | 6 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 3012 |
Number of unpublished observations | 5 |
RMS of observations | 0.339 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) |
2024-01 | 0.040 | 0.017 |
2024-07 | 0.030 | 0.012 |
2025-01 | 0.039 | 0.016 |
2025-07 | 0.033 | 0.014 |
2026-01 | 0.036 | 0.013 |
2026-07 | 0.036 | 0.014 |
2027-01 | 0.033 | 0.010 |
2027-07 | 0.038 | 0.013 |
2028-01 | 0.030 | 0.009 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv6 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.