4828 Misenus

Misenus
Discovery
Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date 11 September 1988
Designations
MPC designation (4828) Misenus
1988 RV
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 10061 days (27.55 yr)
Aphelion 5.3905 AU (806.41 Gm)
Perihelion 4.9449 AU (739.75 Gm)
5.1677 AU (773.08 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.043119
11.75 yr (4290.88 d)
328.83°
 5m 2.036s / day
Inclination 14.901°
352.992°
128.995°
Earth MOID 3.9797 AU (595.35 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 0.335745 AU (50.2267 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 2.931
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 59 km[2]
12.873 h (0.5364 d)
10.0,[2] 10.4[1]

    4828 Misenus (1988 RV) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on September 11, 1988, by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1995 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 12.873 ± 0.016 hours with a brightness variation of 0.33 ± 0.01 magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "4828 Misenus (1988 RV)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 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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