(2357) Phereclos


Object

Object (2357) Phereclos
Diameter(1) 95 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 9.02
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460600.5
Semi major axis 5.226596 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.046471858 ± 0.000000045
Inclination 2.669870101 ± 0.000001147 °
Longitude of ascending node 179.166078 ± 0.000113 °
Argument of perihelia 77.578167 ± 0.000126 °
Mean anomaly 115.336650 ± 0.000052 °
Orbital period 11.95 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 2357_Phereclos_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 1929-09-29
Date of last observation 2024-07-12
Number of observations used in the fit 4292
Number of rejected observations 21
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 4297
Number of unpublished observations 16
RMS of observations 0.460 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv7 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.023 0.018
2024-07 0.030 0.020
2025-01 0.032 0.021
2025-07 0.032 0.016
2026-01 0.040 0.018
2026-07 0.034 0.009
2027-01 0.047 0.009
2027-07 0.034 0.003
2028-01 0.049 0.009

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL76 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