(5023) Agapenor
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Asteroid (5023) Agapenor |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.1825 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0503 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.9217 AU - 5.4433 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.7748 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 308.4238 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 85.7959 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.80 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.05 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 5.4020 h |
| Absolute brightness | 10.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | CS Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | October 11, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 TG 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. | |
(5023) Agapenor 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 . (5023) Agapenor was discovered by CS Shoemaker on October 11, 1985 at the Palomar Observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid is named after the mythological figure Agapenor , the leader of the Arcadians in the Trojan War .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Agapenor: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Agapenor in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5023) Agapenor in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).