3794 Sthenelos
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | October 12, 1985 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3794 |
| Named after | Sthenelus |
| Alternative names | 1985 TF3 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.957 |
| Perihelion | 4.429 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1472 |
| Orbital period | 4322.514 |
| Mean anomaly | 334.507 |
| Inclination | 6.068 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 343.255 |
| Argument of perihelion | 34.952 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 62[1] km |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.9[1] |
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3794 Sthenelos (1985 TF3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 12, 1985 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1995 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 12.877 ± 0.016 hours with a brightness variation of 0.27 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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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