3451 Mentor
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | A. Mrkos |
| Discovery site | Klet |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1984 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3451 |
| Named after | Mentor |
| Alternative names | 1984 HA1 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.454 |
| Perihelion | 4.742 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0698 |
| Orbital period | 4203.915 |
| Mean anomaly | 290.639 |
| Inclination | 24.696 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 179.754 |
| Argument of perihelion | 129.966 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.1 |
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3451 Mentor (1984 HA1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on April 19, 1984 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1998 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 7.700 ± 0.005 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 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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