(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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 0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

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 0.025 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

residual plot

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.