(4829) Sergestus
Asteroid (4829) Sergestus |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L5) |
Major semi-axis | 5.1393 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0513 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 4.8756 AU - 5.4030 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.6035 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 222.0095 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 124.1640 ° |
Sidereal period | 11.65 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 13.17 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 11.2 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | Carolyn Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | September 10, 1988 |
Another name | 1988 RM 1 |
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. |
(4829) Sergestus 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 . (4829) Sergestus was discovered on September 10, 1988 by the American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L5.
The asteroid is named after the mythological Trojan figure Sergestus .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sergestus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Sergestus in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4829) Sergestus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).