(11351) Leucus
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Object
Object | (11351) Leucus |
Diameter(1) | 34 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 10.70 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2458600.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.289245 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.063773129 ± 0.000000069 |
Inclination | 11.555276276 ± 0.000006215 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 251.074046 ± 0.000032 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 160.476422 ± 0.000092 ° |
Mean anomaly | 290.918872 ± 0.000103 ° |
Orbital period | 12.16 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv1 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv1.txt |
bsp file | 11351_Leucus_nima_v1.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1982-07-25 |
Date of last observation | 2019-01-05 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 1048 |
Number of rejected observations | 12 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 1060 |
Number of unpublished observations | 0 |
RMS of observations | 0.454 arcsec |
Residuals

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 | 0.017 | 0.016 |
2018-07 | 0.025 | 0.022 |
2019-01 | 0.021 | 0.017 |
2019-07 | 0.035 | 0.024 |
2020-01 | 0.032 | 0.022 |
2020-07 | 0.046 | 0.025 |
2021-01 | 0.051 | 0.028 |
2021-07 | 0.054 | 0.022 |
2022-01 | 0.073 | 0.028 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv1 and JPL16 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.