2357 Phereclos
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| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1981 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2357 |
| Alternative names | 1981 AC |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.429 |
| Perihelion | 4.962 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0449 |
| Orbital period | 4325.490 |
| Mean anomaly | 341.730 |
| Inclination | 2.669 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 179.306 |
| Argument of perihelion | 72.861 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0521 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.94 |
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2357 Phereclos (1981 AC) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 1, 1981 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory, it was named after Phereclus.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2010 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 14.394 ± 0.012 hours with a brightness variation of 0.09 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ Mottola, S. et al. (May 2011). "Rotational Properties of Jupiter Trojans. I. Light Curves of 80 Objects". The Astronomical Journal 141 (5): 170. Bibcode:2011AJ....141..170M. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/5/170.
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