5283 Pyrrhus
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | January 31, 1989 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5283 |
| Named after | Neoptolemus |
| Alternative names | 1989 BW |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.982 |
| Perihelion | 4.419 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1503 |
| Orbital period | 4332.130 |
| Mean anomaly | 280.871 |
| Inclination | 17.484 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 71.174 |
| Argument of perihelion | 355.163 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 82[1] km |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0807 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.3[1] |
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5283 Pyrrhus (1989 BW) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 31, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2002 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 7.323 ± 0.003 hours with a brightness variation of 0.11 ± 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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