(1869) Philoctetes
Asteroid (1869) Philoctetes |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
Major semi-axis | 5.261 AU |
eccentricity | 0.067 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 4,909 AU - 5,613 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.968 ° |
Sidereal period | 12.07 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 12.96 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 11.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ van Houten , I. van Houten-Groeneveld , Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | 1960 |
Another name | 4596 PL |
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(1869) Philoctetes 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 . (1869) Philoctetes was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the research team of Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels .
The asteroid was named after Philoctetes , a hero of the Trojan War .