(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) 2460800.5
Semi major axis 5.226175 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.046256021 ± 0.000000043
Inclination 2.670001964 ± 0.000001136 °
Longitude of ascending node 179.167564 ± 0.000105 °
Argument of perihelia 77.281355 ± 0.000115 °
Mean anomaly 132.167118 ± 0.000044 °
Orbital period 11.95 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv8
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv8.txt
bsp file 2357_Phereclos_nima_v8.bsp
Date of first observation 1929-09-29
Date of last observation 2025-07-13
Number of observations used in the fit 4905
Number of rejected observations 21
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 4910
Number of unpublished observations 16
RMS of observations 0.435 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 0.019 0.017
2024-07 0.025 0.018
2025-01 0.026 0.018
2025-07 0.027 0.015
2026-01 0.033 0.016
2026-07 0.029 0.009
2027-01 0.040 0.008
2027-07 0.030 0.003
2028-01 0.044 0.008

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv8 and JPL82 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