5028 Halaesus
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. S. |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | January 23, 1988 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5028 |
| Named after | Halaesus |
| Alternative names | 1988 BY1 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.941 |
| Perihelion | 4.565 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1310 |
| Orbital period | 4397.493 |
| Mean anomaly | 298.494 |
| Inclination | 21.500 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 44.044 |
| Argument of perihelion | 10.594 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 62[1] km |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.9[1] |
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5028 Halaesus (1988 BY1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 23, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1996 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 24.937 ± 0.015 hours with a brightness variation of 0.29 ± 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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