1749 Telamon

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1749 Telamon
Discovery[1] and designation
Discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Discovery date September 29, 1949
Designations
Alternative names[1] 1949 SB
Minor planet
category
Jupiter Trojan
Epoch February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
Aphelion 857.539 Gm (5.732 AU)
Perihelion 689.369 Gm (4.608 AU)
Semi-major axis 773.454 Gm (5.170 AU)
Eccentricity 0.109
Orbital period 4293.997 d (11.76 a)
Average orbital speed 13.06 km/s
Mean anomaly 239.295°
Inclination 6.091°
Longitude of ascending node 340.993°
Dimensions 81.1 km
Mass 5.6×1017 kg
Mean density 2.0 g/cm³
Equatorial surface gravity 0.0227 m/s²
Equatorial escape velocity 0.0429 km/s
Sidereal rotation
period
? d
Axial tilt
Pole ecliptic latitude ?
Pole ecliptic longitude ?
Geometric albedo 0.10
Temperature ~122 K
Spectral type ?
Absolute magnitude 9.2

1749 Telamon is a Jupiter trojan asteroid that orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Telamon. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on September 29, 1949 in Heidelberg, Germany.

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