(12649) Ascanios

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Asteroid
(12649) Ascanios
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Jupiter Trojan (L 5 )
Major semi-axis 5.1548  AU
eccentricity 0.1469
Perihelion - aphelion 4.3973 AU - 5.9123 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.5719 °
Length of the ascending node 337.5928 °
Argument of the periapsis 342.4362 °
Sidereal period 11.70 a
Mean orbital velocity 13.12 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 11.7 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis van Houten
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
Date of discovery October 16, 1977
Another name 2035 T-3 , 1988 RW
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(12649) Ascanios 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 .

(12649) Ascanios was discovered on October 16, 1977 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery happened during the 3rd Trojan survey, during which Tom Gehrels surveyed field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory ( IAU code 675) . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 5 .

The asteroid is named after Ascanius , the mythological son of the Trojan prince Aeneas and first king of Alba Longa , who is called Iulus in Roman mythology . According to Livy , the gens Iulia , a Roman patrician family, lead their family back to him.

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