(13185) Agasthenes
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Asteroid (13185) Agasthenes |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.1860 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0553 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.8991 AU - 5.4728 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.1139 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 4.3806 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.81 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.08 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 11.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | 5th October 1996 |
| Another name | 1996 TH 52 , 1973 SP |
| 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. | |
(13185) Agasthenes 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 .
(13185) Agasthenes was discovered on October 5, 1996 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid is named after the mythological king Agasthenes of Elis in the Peloponnese , the son of Augias and father of Polyxenus .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Agasthenes: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (13185) Agasthenes in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (13185) Agasthenes in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).