(5436) Eumelus
Asteroid (5436) Eumelos |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
Major semi-axis | 5.1978 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0786 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 4.7893 AU - 5.6063 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.4348 ° |
Sidereal period | 11.85 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 13.06 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 10.3 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
CS Shoemaker, E. M. Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | February 20, 1990 |
Another name | 1990 DK, 1986 XF 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. |
(5436) Eumelos 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 .
(5436) Eumelos was discovered on February 20, 1990 by the American astronomers Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker and Eugene Merle 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 of Eumelos , the King of Pherai , who was one of the warriors in the Trojan Horse and the charioteer with the fastest horses in the Greek armed forces.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Eumelos: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Eumelos in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5436) Eumelos in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).