2207 Antenor

Antenor
Discovery
Discovered by N. S. Chernykh
Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Discovery date August 19, 1977
Designations
MPC designation 2207
Named after
 Antenor
1977 QH1
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 5.213
Perihelion 5.048
Eccentricity 0.0161
4244.508
130.761
Inclination 6.808
159.160
301.995
Physical characteristics
0.0678
8.89

    2207 Antenor (1977 QH1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on August 19, 1977 by N. S. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1996 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 7.965 ± 0.002 hours with a brightness variation of 0.09 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]

    References

    1. ↑ Mottola, Stefano; Di Martino, Mario; Erikson, Anders; Gonano-Beurer, Maria; Carbognani, Albino; Carsenty, Uri; Hahn, Gerhard; Schober, Hans-Josef; Lahulla, Felix; Delbò, Marco; Lagerkvist, Claes-Ingvar (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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