4068 Menestheus
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Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | van Houten and Gehrels |
Discovery site | Palomar |
Discovery date | September 19, 1973 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 4068 |
Alternative names[1] | 1973 SW |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 5.5730160 |
Peri | 4.8071400 |
Eccentricity | 0.0737827 |
Orbital period | 4318.7615519 |
Mean anomaly | 202.57723 |
Inclination | 17.52915 |
Longitude of ascending node | 177.80367 |
Argument of peri | 313.68640 |
Geometric albedo | 0.0789 |
Absolute magnitude | 9.40 |
4068 Menestheus (1973 SW) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on September 19, 1973 by van Houten and Gehrels at Palomar.