(16560) Daitor
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Asteroid (16560) Daitor |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 5 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.0560 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0407 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.8504 AU - 5.2615 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 15.3112 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 100.7592 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 157.8933 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.37 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 43.861 ± 0.396 km |
| Albedo | 0.053 ± 0.008 |
| Absolute brightness | 10.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | November 2, 1991 |
| Another name | 1991 VZ 5 , 1998 MR 21 , 1999 NU 24 |
| 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. | |
(16560) Daitor 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 .
(16560) Daitor was discovered on November 2, 1991 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code 809). It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 5 .
The asteroid is named after the mythological Trojan hero Daitor , who was killed by Teucer , Ajax's half-brother , during the Trojan War .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Daitor: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (16560) Daitor in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (16560) Daitor in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).