(30705) Idaios

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Asteroid
(30705) Idaios
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Jupiter Trojan (L 5 )
Major semi-axis 5.2128  AU
eccentricity 0.0603
Perihelion - aphelion 4.8984 AU - 5.5271 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 19.7410 °
Length of the ascending node 24.1753 °
Argument of the periapsis 343.7165 °
Sidereal period 11.90 a
Mean orbital velocity 13.02 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 10.2 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery October 16, 1977
Another name 3365 T-3 , 1989 SD 7 , 2001 QB 72
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.

(30705) Idaios 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 5 , that is, (30705) Idaios follows Jupiter in its orbit around the sun by 60 °.

The asteroid was discovered on October 16, 1977 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery took place during the 3rd Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded by the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory at the University of Leiden , 17 years after the start of the Palomar-Leiden- Surveys .

(30705) Idaios was named after Idaios , a son of Dares who was a Hephaestus priest in Troy . The naming took place on March 18, 2003. In the case of the asteroids, trailing Trojans are named after Trojan heroes.

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