(3063) Makhaon
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Asteroid (3063) Makhaon |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L4) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.1842 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0588 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.8795 AU - 5.4889 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.176 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11,804 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.08 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 116.14 km |
| Dimensions | ? kg |
| Albedo | 0.048 |
| Medium density | ? g / cm³ |
| Rotation period | 17.300 h |
| Absolute brightness | 8,909 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | L. G. Karachkina |
| Date of discovery | 1983 |
| Another name | 1983 PV, 1931 DT, 1971 OE |
| 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. | |
(3063) Makhaon 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 . (3063) Makhaon was discovered by Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina on August 4, 1983 . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid was named after Machaon , a mythological doctor to the Greeks in the Trojan War .