(11351) Leucus
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Asteroid (11351) Leucus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.2790 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0646 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.9382 AU - 5.6199 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.5633 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 251.0853 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 161.5490 ° |
| Sidereal period | 12.13 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 42.16 km (± 4.0) |
| Albedo | 0.0627 |
| Absolute brightness | 10.7 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program |
| Date of discovery | October 12, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 TS 25 , 1996 VP 39 |
| 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. | |
(11351) Leucus is an asteroid belonging to the group of Jupiter Trojans . This describes asteroids that orbit the sun on the Lagrange points on the orbit of the planet Jupiter . It is assigned to the Lagrange point L 4 , that is (11351) Leucus is running 60 ° ahead of Jupiter in its orbit around the sun.
It was discovered by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong Station in Hebei Province, China on October 12, 1997.
On February 22, 2016, he was named after Leucus, a character from Homer's Iliad . Leucus was an Achaean warrior and companion of Odysseus . In April 2028, the room sound Lucy is supposed to fly past Leucus.
See also
Web links
- (11351) Leucus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (11351) Leucus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- List of Jupiter Trojans