4827 Dares
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. S. |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | August 17, 1988 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4827 |
| Named after | Dares Phrygius |
| Alternative names | 1988 QE |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.351 |
| Perihelion | 4.891 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0449 |
| Orbital period | 4232.622 |
| Mean anomaly | 174.412 |
| Inclination | 7.705 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 242.064 |
| Argument of perihelion | 168.368 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 49[1] km |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.1 |
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4827 Dares (1988 QE) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on August 17, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 18.995 ± 0.028 hours with a brightness variation of 0.24 ± 0.02 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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