(1172) Aneas


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Object

Object (1172) Aneas
Diameter(1) 118 km
Dynamic class(1) trojan
Absolute magnitude 8.34
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 5.227315 ± 0.000000 au
Eccentricity 0.106470807 ± 0.000000043
Inclination 16.654337164 ± 0.000005031 °
Longitude of ascending node 247.306326 ± 0.000009 °
Argument of perihelia 51.004072 ± 0.000025 °
Mean anomaly 10.715900 ± 0.000019 °
Orbital period 11.95 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv6
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv6.txt
bsp file 1172_Aneas_nima_v6.bsp
Date of first observation 1930-10-17
Date of last observation 2022-07-17
Number of observations used in the fit 3228
Number of rejected observations 21
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 3220
Number of unpublished observations 29
RMS of observations 3.685 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv6 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2022-01 0.010 0.008
2022-07 0.022 0.018
2023-01 0.019 0.015
2023-07 0.032 0.022
2024-01 0.030 0.019
2024-07 0.037 0.017
2025-01 0.042 0.017
2025-07 0.038 0.011
2026-01 0.050 0.011

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv6 and JPL96 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.