(1172) Aneas


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Object

Object (1172) Aneas
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.33
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458200.5
Semi major axis 5.218175 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.103868859 ± 0.000000068
Inclination 16.664088181 ± 0.000004225 °
Longitude of ascending node 247.326120 ± 0.000019 °
Argument of perihelia 50.802657 ± 0.000038 °
Mean anomaly 238.449730 ± 0.000045 °
Orbital period 11.92 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv1
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt
bsp file 1172_Aneas_nima_v1.bsp
Date of first observation 1930-10-17
Date of last observation 2019-01-28
Number of observations used in the fit 2041
Number of rejected observations 35
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2076
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.536 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv1 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2018-01 0.019 0.016
2018-07 0.017 0.015
2019-01 0.024 0.017
2019-07 0.026 0.019
2020-01 0.031 0.017
2020-07 0.042 0.022
2021-01 0.037 0.018
2021-07 0.059 0.027
2022-01 0.041 0.019

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL83 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.