4805 Asteropaios
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. S. |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | November 13, 1990 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4805 |
| Named after | Asteropaios |
| Alternative names | 1990 VH7 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.704 |
| Perihelion | 4.757 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0906 |
| Orbital period | 4369.299 |
| Mean anomaly | 207.915 |
| Inclination | 11.999 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 278.384 |
| Argument of perihelion | 89.472 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 62[1] km |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.1 |
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4805 Asteropaios (1990 VH7) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on November 13, 1990 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar. It is named after Asteropaios, a character in Homer's Iliad who fought for the Trojans in the Trojan War.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 12.372 ± 0.010 hours with a brightness variation of 0.26 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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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