2895 Memnon
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Norman G. Thomas |
| Discovery site | Flagstaff (AM) |
| Discovery date | January 10, 1981 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2895 |
| Alternative names | 1981 AE1 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.492 |
| Perihelion | 4.976 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0493 |
| Orbital period | 4373.848 |
| Mean anomaly | 184.962 |
| Inclination | 27.216 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 133.972 |
| Argument of perihelion | 275.881 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.3 |
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2895 Memnon (1981 AE1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 10, 1981 by Norman G. Thomas at Flagstaff (AM).
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1990 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 7.502 ± 0.010 hours with a brightness variation of 0.22 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]
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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.
- Binzel, R.P.; Sauter, L.M. (1992) Icarus 95, 222-238.
- Mottola, S.; Di Martino, M.; Erikson, A.; Gonano-Beurer, M.; et al. (2011) Astron. J. 141, A170.
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