(2357) Phereclos


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Object

Object (2357) Phereclos
Diameter(1) 95 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.94
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2458600.5
Semi major axis 5.211718 ± 0.000001 au
Eccentricity 0.045653107 ± 0.000000071
Inclination 2.668648927 ± 0.000006409 °
Longitude of ascending node 179.248044 ± 0.000117 °
Argument of perihelia 74.133285 ± 0.000177 °
Mean anomaly 313.068096 ± 0.000129 °
Orbital period 11.90 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv2
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt
bsp file 2357_Phereclos_nima_v2.bsp
Date of first observation 1929-09-29
Date of last observation 2019-08-01
Number of observations used in the fit 2645
Number of rejected observations 10
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2655
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.579 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv2 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2019-01 0.023 0.020
2019-07 0.026 0.022
2020-01 0.029 0.020
2020-07 0.040 0.029
2021-01 0.035 0.021
2021-07 0.057 0.031
2022-01 0.041 0.021
2022-07 0.061 0.031
2023-01 0.044 0.021

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv2 and JPL47 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.