3063 Makhaon
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Discovery[1] and designation
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| Discovered by | Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina |
| Discovery date | August 4, 1983 |
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Designations
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| Alternative names[1] | 1983 PV |
| Minor planet category |
Jupiter Trojan |
| Epoch February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5) | |
| Aphelion | 821.244 Gm (5.490 AU) |
| Perihelion | 731.094 Gm (4.887 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 776.169 Gm (5.188 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.058 |
| Orbital period | 4316.626 d (11.82 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 13.07 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 221.153° |
| Inclination | 12.172° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 287.871° |
| Dimensions | 116.1 km |
| Mass | 1.6×1018 kg |
| Mean density | 2.0 g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity | 0.0324 m/s² |
| Equatorial escape velocity | 0.0614 km/s |
| Sidereal rotation period |
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| Axial tilt | ?° |
| Pole ecliptic latitude | ? |
| Pole ecliptic longitude | ? |
| Geometric albedo | 0.10 |
| Temperature | ~122 K |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Absolute magnitude | 8.6 |
3063 Makhaon 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 Makhaon, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina in Nauchnyj, Ukraine on August 4, 1983.
[edit] External links
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
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