(11351) Leucus


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) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 5.309526 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.065547218 ± 0.000000035
Inclination 11.544062028 ± 0.000001339 °
Longitude of ascending node 251.073665 ± 0.000014 °
Argument of perihelia 162.176688 ± 0.000028 °
Mean anomaly 107.158322 ± 0.000022 °
Orbital period 12.23 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv7
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv7.txt
bsp file 11351_Leucus_nima_v7.bsp
Date of first observation 1982-07-25
Date of last observation 2025-06-25
Number of observations used in the fit 3402
Number of rejected observations 6
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 3403
Number of unpublished observations 5
RMS of observations 0.335 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 0.035 0.015
2024-07 0.026 0.011
2025-01 0.034 0.014
2025-07 0.029 0.012
2026-01 0.032 0.011
2026-07 0.031 0.013
2027-01 0.029 0.009
2027-07 0.034 0.012
2028-01 0.027 0.009

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv7 and JPL28 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