(1870) Glaucos
Asteroid (1870) Glaucos |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 5 ) |
Major semi-axis | 5.2510 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0324 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 5.0808 AU - 5.4211 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.5755 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 176.2939 ° |
Sidereal period | 12.03 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 12.99 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 10.5 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ van Houten I. van Houten-Groeneveld Tom Gehrels |
Date of discovery | March 24, 1971 |
Another name | 1971 FE, 1976 SM |
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. |
(1870) Glaukos 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 . (1870) Glaukos was discovered on March 24, 1971 by the research team of Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels .
The asteroid was named after Glaucus , the son of Priam , a legendary figure of the Trojan War.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Glaukos: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1870) Glaukos in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1870) Glaukos in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).