3451 Mentor
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | A. Mrkos |
Discovery site | Klet |
Discovery date | April 19, 1984 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 3451 |
Named after | Mentor |
1984 HA1 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 5.454 |
Perihelion | 4.742 |
Eccentricity | 0.0698 |
4203.915 | |
290.639 | |
Inclination | 24.696 |
179.754 | |
129.966 | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | ~90km |
Sidereal rotation period | 7.73 h |
8.4 | |
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3451 Mentor (1984 HA1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on April 19, 1984 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1998 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 7.700 ± 0.005 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ 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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