(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) | 2458600.5 |
Semi major axis | 5.218844 ± 0.000001 au |
Eccentricity | 0.104369191 ± 0.000000078 |
Inclination | 16.664080269 ± 0.000005842 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 247.325999 ± 0.000024 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 50.657468 ± 0.000061 ° |
Mean anomaly | 271.733107 ± 0.000069 ° |
Orbital period | 11.92 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv2 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv2.txt |
bsp file | 1172_Aneas_nima_v2.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1930-10-17 |
Date of last observation | 2019-07-26 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 2339 |
Number of rejected observations | 26 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 2365 |
Number of unpublished observations | 0 |
RMS of observations | 0.508 arcsec |
Residuals

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 | 0.025 | 0.020 |
2019-07 | 0.027 | 0.022 |
2020-01 | 0.033 | 0.021 |
2020-07 | 0.045 | 0.028 |
2021-01 | 0.043 | 0.023 |
2021-07 | 0.070 | 0.037 |
2022-01 | 0.051 | 0.027 |
2022-07 | 0.080 | 0.043 |
2023-01 | 0.057 | 0.029 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv2 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.