(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 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.104369202 ± 0.000000067
Inclination 16.664084371 ± 0.000006463 °
Longitude of ascending node 247.326004 ± 0.000015 °
Argument of perihelia 50.657446 ± 0.000037 °
Mean anomaly 271.733127 ± 0.000044 °
Orbital period 11.92 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 1172_Aneas_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1930-10-17
Date of last observation 2020-05-16
Number of observations used in the fit 2367
Number of rejected observations 34
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2400
Number of unpublished observations 1
RMS of observations 0.504 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv3 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2019-01 0.016 0.019
2019-07 0.016 0.018
2020-01 0.007 0.015
2020-07 0.009 0.018
2021-01 0.014 0.015
2021-07 0.030 0.026
2022-01 0.029 0.020
2022-07 0.054 0.036
2023-01 0.042 0.026

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 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.