1869 Philoctetes
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Philoctetes |
| 4596 P-L | |
| Jupiter Trojan | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5) | |
| Aphelion | 841.116 Gm (5.623 AU) |
| Perihelion | 734.687 Gm (4.911 AU) |
| 787.901 Gm (5.267 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.068 |
| 4414.873 d(12.09 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 12.96 km/s |
| 317.620° | |
| Inclination | 3.967° |
| 44.139° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ? km |
| Mass | ?×10? kg |
Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
| ? m/s² | |
| ? km/s | |
Sidereal rotation period | ? d |
| ?° | |
Pole ecliptic latitude | ? |
Pole ecliptic longitude | ? |
| Albedo | 0.10 |
| Temperature | ~121 K |
Spectral type | ? |
| 11.0 | |
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1869 Philoctetes is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid that orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Philoctetes, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels on September 24, 1960 in Palomar, California at the Palomar Observatory. 1868 Thersites was also discovered the same day by the same group.
External links
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
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