(385695) Clete
Asteroid (385695) Clete |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Neptune Trojan (L 4 ) |
Major semi-axis | 30.2 AU |
eccentricity | 0.06 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 28.5 AU - 31.8 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.3 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 169.4 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 304 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 2051 |
Sidereal period | 166 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 50-120 km |
Absolute brightness | 8.5 likes |
history | |
Explorer |
Scott S. Sheppard Chad Trujillo |
Date of discovery | October 8, 2005 |
Another name | (385695) 2005 TO 74 |
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. |
(385695) Clete , provisional designation (385695) 2005 TO 74 , is a Neptune Trojan that was discovered in 2005 by Scott S. Sheppard and Chad Trujillo using the 6.5 m Magellan-Baade telescope . Clete was the fourth such body to be discovered. It has the same orbital period as Neptune and orbits on the Lagrangian point L 4 , 60 ° before Neptune. It was named on May 18, 2019 after Kleite , English Clete , an Amazon in the Trojan War .
Web links
- (385695) Clete in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Scott S. Sheppard : Three New "Trojan" Asteroids Found Sharing Neptune's Orbit (contains a picture from (385695) 2005 TN 53 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Absolute magnitude (H) . Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ Scott S. Sheppard, Trujillo, Chadwick A .: A Thick Cloud of Neptune Trojans and Their Colors . (PDF) In: Science . 313, No. 5786, June 2006, pp. 511-514. doi : 10.1126 / science.1127173 . PMID 16778021 . Retrieved February 26, 2008.
- ↑ List Of Neptune Trojans . Minor Planet Center. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
- ↑ MPC