(1173) Anchises
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Object
Object | (1173) Anchises |
Diameter(1) | 99 km |
Dynamic class(1) | trojan |
Absolute magnitude | 8.90 |
G slop | 0.15 |
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.
Orbital elements
Epoch (Julian date) | 2456633.455055235 |
Semi major axis | 5.303868 ± 0.000000 au |
Eccentricity | 0.137567404 ± 0.000000014 |
Inclination | 6.914990974 ± 0.000000517 ° |
Longitude of ascending node | 283.908293 ± 0.000002 ° |
Argument of perihelia | 41.158117 ± 0.000004 ° |
Mean anomaly | 57.015743 ± 0.000004 ° |
Orbital period | 12.22 yr |
Ephemeris & Observations
Ephemeris version | NIMAv4 |
Observation file |
omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt |
bsp file | 1173_Anchises_nima_v4.bsp |
Date of first observation | 1930-10-17 |
Date of last observation | 2022-07-09 |
Number of observations used in the fit | 3335 |
Number of rejected observations | 19 |
Number of DES observations | 0 |
Number of MPC observations | 3062 |
Number of unpublished observations | 25 |
RMS of observations | 0.125 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) |
2022-01 | 0.006 | 0.001 |
2022-07 | 0.011 | 0.001 |
2023-01 | 0.010 | 0.002 |
2023-07 | 0.019 | 0.007 |
2024-01 | 0.014 | 0.006 |
2024-07 | 0.022 | 0.011 |
2025-01 | 0.018 | 0.009 |
2025-07 | 0.021 | 0.008 |
2026-01 | 0.023 | 0.009 |
Ephemeris comparison

Difference between NIMAv4 and JPL60 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.