(11351) Leucus


This object has a more recent orbit available here

Object

Object (11351) Leucus
Diameter(1) 34 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 10.89
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2457311.149145183
Semi major axis 5.281898 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.063976369 ± 0.000000021
Inclination 11.561761676 ± 0.000001018 °
Longitude of ascending node 251.089009 ± 0.000002 °
Argument of perihelia 161.504349 ± 0.000028 °
Mean anomaly 185.225641 ± 0.000032 °
Orbital period 12.14 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file 11351_Leucus_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 1982-07-25
Date of last observation 2020-11-16
Number of observations used in the fit 1957
Number of rejected observations 6
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 1765
Number of unpublished observations 0
RMS of observations 0.100 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)
2021-01 0.032 0.009
2021-07 0.034 0.002
2022-01 0.047 0.002
2022-07 0.036 0.006
2023-01 0.053 0.012
2023-07 0.035 0.011
2024-01 0.047 0.019
2024-07 0.033 0.014
2025-01 0.040 0.017

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL25 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.