(1172) Aneas


Object

Object (1172) Aneas
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.28
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 5.237235 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.105906591 ± 0.000000030
Inclination 16.655660234 ± 0.000004215 °
Longitude of ascending node 247.254661 ± 0.000008 °
Argument of perihelia 52.361005 ± 0.000022 °
Mean anomaly 91.971369 ± 0.000017 °
Orbital period 11.99 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv9
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv9.txt
bsp file 1172_Aneas_nima_v9.bsp
Date of first observation 1930-10-17
Date of last observation 2025-07-13
Number of observations used in the fit 5675
Number of rejected observations 43
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 5689
Number of unpublished observations 29
RMS of observations 2.788 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv9 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.020 0.015
2024-07 0.024 0.014
2025-01 0.027 0.014
2025-07 0.026 0.010
2026-01 0.034 0.010
2026-07 0.026 0.008
2027-01 0.036 0.012
2027-07 0.025 0.010
2028-01 0.034 0.017

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv9 and JPL120 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