(18268) Dardanos
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Asteroid (18268) Dardanos |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 5 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.1630 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0969 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.6627 AU - 5.6633 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.5980 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.73 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.09 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.3 mag |
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| Explorer |
Cornelis van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Date of discovery | October 16, 1977 |
| Another name | 2140 T-3, 1997 LV 12 |
| 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. | |
(18268) Dardanos 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 .
(18268) Dardanos was discovered on October 16, 1977 by the Dutch astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 5 .
The asteroid is named after Dardanos , the mythological son of Zeus and ancestor of the Trojan Dardans .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Dardanos: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (18268) Dardanos in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (18268) Dardanos in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).