(24587) Kapaneus
Asteroid (24587) Capaneus |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
Major semi-axis | 5.1721 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0116 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 5.1119 AU - 5.2323 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 29.0681 ° |
Sidereal period | 11.76 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 13.10 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 10.9 likes |
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Explorer |
Cornelis van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld |
Date of discovery | September 30, 1973 |
Another name | 4613 T-2, 1996 RW 28 |
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. |
(24587) Kapaneus 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 .
(24587) Kapaneus was discovered on September 30, 1973 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 4 .
The asteroid is named after the king of Argos , Kapaneus , one of the seven heroes in the train against Thebes . He is the father of Sthenelos .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kapaneus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (24587) Kapaneus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (24587) Kapaneus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).