(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 0.063976366 ± 0.000000051
Inclination 11.561762447 ± 0.000001347 °
Longitude of ascending node 251.089004 ± 0.000014 °
Argument of perihelia 161.504357 ± 0.000031 °
Mean anomaly 185.225641 ± 0.000026 °
Orbital period 12.14 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv4
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv4.txt
bsp file 11351_Leucus_nima_v4.bsp
Date of first observation 1982-07-25
Date of last observation 2022-04-19
Number of observations used in the fit 2353
Number of rejected observations 6
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 2354
Number of unpublished observations 5
RMS of observations 0.355 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 0.030 0.012
2022-07 0.029 0.009
2023-01 0.048 0.016
2023-07 0.036 0.012
2024-01 0.055 0.022
2024-07 0.041 0.016
2025-01 0.053 0.021
2025-07 0.044 0.018
2026-01 0.048 0.016

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv4 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.