5259 Epeigeus

Epeigeus
Discovery
Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date 30 January 1989
Designations
MPC designation (5259) Epeigeus
Named after
Epeigeus
1989 BB1
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 13149 days (36.00 yr)
Aphelion 5.5802 AU (834.79 Gm)
Perihelion 4.8191 AU (720.93 Gm)
5.1997 AU (777.86 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.073185
11.86 yr (4330.76 d)
320.97°
 4m 59.254s / day
Inclination 15.923°
67.465°
199.620°
Earth MOID 3.80659 AU (569.458 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 0.508256 AU (76.0340 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 2.918
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 57 km[2]
Mean radius
21.295 ± 2.2 km
18.42 h (0.768 d)
0.0739 ± 0.018
10.1,[2] 10.3[1]

    5259 Epeigeus (1989 BB1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 30, 1989, by American astronomer Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory. It is named after the Myrmidon Epeigeus.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1995 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 18.51 ± 0.03 hours with a brightness variation of 0.10 ± 0.01 magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "5259 Epeigeus (1989 BB1)". 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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