(24603) Mekistheus
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Asteroid (24603) Mekistheus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.1687 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1311 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.4913 AU - 5.8461 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.5883 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.75 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.06 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Cornelis van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1973 |
| Another name | 1973 SQ, 1998 XV 18 |
| 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. | |
(24603) Mekistheus 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 .
(24603) Mekistheus was discovered on September 24, 1973 by the Dutch astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid is named after Mekisteus from Argos , the father of the Argonaut Euryalus .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Mekistheus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (24603) Mekistheus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (24603) Mekistheus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).