(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 (documentation) 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Number of unpublished observations 25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

residual plot

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

residual plot

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.