(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 ± 0.000000066 |
Inclination | 16.664084509 ± 0.000006455 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 247.326005 ± 0.000015 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 50.657445 ± 0.000037 ° |
Mean anomaly | 271.733127 ± 0.000044 ° |
Orbital period | 11.92 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv4 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt |
bsp file | 1172_Aneas_nima_v4.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1930-10-17 |
Date of last observation | 2020-08-27 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 2757 |
Number of rejected observations | 36 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 2765 |
Number of unpublished observations | 28 |
RMS of observations | 0.478 arcsec |
Residuals

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv4 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.
Orbit quality
date | σα (arcsec) | σδ (arcsec) |
2020-01 | 0.007 | 0.014 |
2020-07 | 0.009 | 0.017 |
2021-01 | 0.014 | 0.014 |
2021-07 | 0.030 | 0.026 |
2022-01 | 0.028 | 0.020 |
2022-07 | 0.054 | 0.036 |
2023-01 | 0.042 | 0.026 |
2023-07 | 0.060 | 0.031 |
2024-01 | 0.053 | 0.026 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv4 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.