(11668) Balios
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Asteroid (11668) Balios |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 5 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.1806 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1410 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.4501 AU - 5.9111 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.6778 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 20.1154 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 14.2548 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.79 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.04 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | P. Pravec |
| Date of discovery | November 3, 1997 |
| Another name | 1997 VV 1 |
| 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. | |
(11668) Balios 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 . (11668) Balios was discovered on November 3rd, 1997 by P. Pravec at the Ondřejov observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 5 .
The asteroid was named on July 5, 2001 after Balios , one of the immortal stallions in Greek mythology who originally belonged to Zeus and who pulled Achilles' chariot in the Trojan War .