1869 Philoctetes

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1869 Philoctetes
Discovery[1] and designation
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery date September 24, 1960
Designations
Alternative names[1] 4596 P-L
Minor planet
category
Jupiter Trojan
Epoch February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
Aphelion 841.116 Gm (5.623 AU)
Perihelion 734.687 Gm (4.911 AU)
Semi-major axis 787.901 Gm (5.267 AU)
Eccentricity 0.068
Orbital period 4414.873 d (12.09 a)
Average orbital speed 12.96 km/s
Mean anomaly 317.620°
Inclination 3.967°
Longitude of ascending node 44.139°
Dimensions ? km
Mass ?×10? kg
Mean density ? g/cm³
Equatorial surface gravity ? m/s²
Equatorial escape velocity ? km/s
Sidereal rotation
period
? d
Axial tilt
Pole ecliptic latitude ?
Pole ecliptic longitude ?
Geometric albedo 0.10
Temperature ~121 K
Spectral type ?
Absolute magnitude 11.0

1869 Philoctetes 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 Philoctetes, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels on September 24, 1960 in Palomar, California at the Palomar Observatory. 1868 Thersites was also discovered the same day by the same group.

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