(11252) Laertes
Asteroid (11252) Laërtes |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
Major semi-axis | 5.1494 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0296 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 4.9970 AU - 5.3018 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.8565 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 78.3467 ° |
Sidereal period | 11.69 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 13.10 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 10.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ van Houten I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
Date of discovery | 19th September 1973 |
Another name | 1973 SA 2 , 1977 AY 2 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(11252) Laërtes is an asteroid belonging to the group of Jupiter Trojans . This describes asteroids that move around the sun on the Lagrange points on Jupiter's orbit .
(11252) Laërtes was discovered on September 19, 1973 by the Dutch astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675). It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid is named after Laertes , the mythological king of Ithaca and father of Odysseus .
It was named on January 24, 2000.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Laertes: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (11252) Laërtes in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (11252) Laërtes in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).