(5126) Achaemenides
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Asteroid (5126) Achaemenides |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.2388 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0259 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 5.1031 AU - 5.3746 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 29.8627 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 116.4994 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 353.1467 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.99 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.02 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 10.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | CS Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | February 1, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 CH 2 |
| 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. | |
(5126) Achaemenides 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 . (5126) Achaemenides was discovered on February 1, 1989 by the American astronomer Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid is named after the mythological figure of Achaemenides , a warrior of the Greeks and companion of Odysseus in the Trojan War .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Achaemenides: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Achaemenides in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5126) Achaemenides in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).