2006 RJ103
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 2006 |
| Designations | |
| Trojan asteroid | |
| Orbital characteristics[1][2] | |
| Epoch 2012-Mar-14.0 (JD 2456000.5) | |
| Aphelion | 31.079 AU |
| Perihelion | 29.312 AU |
| 30.195 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.029 |
| 165.9 yr (60,605 d) | |
| 257° | |
| Inclination | 8.1615° |
| 120.88° | |
| 16° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 85–190 km |
| 7.5[1] | |
|
| |
2006 RJ103 (also written 2006 RJ103) is a Neptune trojan discovered by the SDSS Collaboration in 2006. It was the fifth such body to be discovered. It has the same orbital period as Neptune and orbits at the L4 Lagrangian point about 60 degrees ahead of Neptune[3]
With an absolute magnitude of 7.5,[1] it has a diameter in the range of 85 to 190 km.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2006 RJ103". Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ↑ AstDys-2 about 2006 RJ103
- ↑ "List Of Neptune Trojans". Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
- ↑ "Absolute Magnitude (H)". Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
| ||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||