5700 Homerus
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Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | van Houten and Gehrels |
Discovery site | Palomar |
Discovery date | October 16, 1977 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 5700 |
Alternative names[1] | 5166 T-3 |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 3.0216338 |
Peri | 2.1733452 |
Eccentricity | 0.1632901 |
Orbital period | 1529.0762124 |
Mean anomaly | 186.72314 |
Inclination | 12.93601 |
Longitude of ascending node | 163.78392 |
Argument of peri | 124.24340 |
Absolute magnitude | 13.5 |
5700 Homerus (5166 T-3) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by van Houten and Gehrels at Palomar.
It was named after the Greek poet Homer.[2]