(4068) Menestheus
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Asteroid (4068) Menestheus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.1920 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0736 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.8099 AU - 5.5742 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 17.526 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11,831 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.07 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 62.36 km |
| Dimensions | ? kg |
| Albedo | 0.079 |
| Medium density | ? g / cm³ |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 9,701 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | 1937 |
| Another name | 1973 SW, 1979 HA 2 , 1987 WR 3 |
| 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. | |
(4068) Menestheus 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 . (4068) Menestheus was discovered on September 19, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid bears the name of the mythological king Menestheus of Athens .