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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Calvin College |
| Discovery date | March 23, 2006 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 188847 Rhipeus |
| Named after | Rhipeus |
| Alternate name(s) | 2006 FT9 |
| Minor planet category |
Jupiter trojan |
| Aphelion | 5.5148158 AU (825,004,700.983 km) |
| Perihelion | 4.8759754 AU (729,435,537.426 km) |
| Semi-major axis | 5.1953956 AU (777,220,119.204 km) |
| Eccentricity | 0.0614814 |
| Orbital period | 4325.4008685 days 11.84 years |
| Mean anomaly | 148.52628° |
| Inclination | 7.09578° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
188847 Rhipeus (provisional designation 2006 FT9) is a Jupiter Trojan. It was discovered by Calvin College on March 23, 2006 at Calvin-Rehoboth Observatory. According to Virgil, Rhipeus died fighting alongside Aeneas in the fall of Troy. The poet says that Rhipeus was "the single most just man among the Trojans and the best preserver of fairness, but the gods thought otherwise". In the Paradiso, Dante places him in the sphere of Jupiter in the eye of the eagle.