(7543) Prylis
Asteroid (7543) Prylis |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
Major semi-axis | 5.1841 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0637 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 4.8536 AU - 5.5145 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.0760 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 195.5993 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 208.0457 ° |
Sidereal period | 11.80 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 13.11 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 10.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | 19th September 1973 |
Another name | 1973 SY, 1990 EP |
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. |
(7543) Prylis 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 . (7543) Prylis was founded on September 19, 1973 by C. J. and I. v. Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels discovered at the Palomar Observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid is named after the mythological figure of Prylis from the Trojan War , who first came up with the idea of the wooden horse.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Prylis: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Prylis in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (7543) Prylis in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA: 7543 Prylis. In: JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved March 22, 2010 .