(5027) Androgeos
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Asteroid (5027) Androgeos |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.3039 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0651 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.9585 AU - 5.6494 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 31.4481 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 78.2225 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 345.1308 ° |
| Sidereal period | 12.22 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 12.94 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 57.86 ± 4.3 km |
| Albedo | 0.0917 |
| Rotation period | 11.355 h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.6 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | CS Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | January 21, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 BX 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. | |
(5027) Androgeos 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 . (5027) Androgeos was discovered on January 21, 1988 by CS Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675). It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid is named after the mythological figure Androgeos , a warrior of the Greeks in the Trojan War .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Androgeos: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Androgeos in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5027) Androgeos in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).