(385695) Clete

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Asteroid
(385695) Clete
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Neptune Trojan (L 4 )
Major semi-axis 30.2  AU
eccentricity 0.06
Perihelion - aphelion 28.5 AU - 31.8 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.3 °
Length of the ascending node 169.4 °
Argument of the periapsis 304 °
Time of passage of the perihelion 2051
Sidereal period 166 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 50-120 km
Absolute brightness 8.5 likes
history
Explorer Scott S. Sheppard
Chad Trujillo
Date of discovery October 8, 2005
Another name (385695) 2005 TO 74
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.

(385695) Clete , provisional designation (385695) 2005 TO 74 , is a Neptune Trojan that was discovered in 2005 by Scott S. Sheppard and Chad Trujillo using the 6.5 m Magellan-Baade telescope . Clete was the fourth such body to be discovered. It has the same orbital period as Neptune and orbits on the Lagrangian point L 4 , 60 ° before Neptune. It was named on May 18, 2019 after Kleite , English Clete , an Amazon in the Trojan War .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Absolute magnitude (H) . Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  2. ^ Scott S. Sheppard, Trujillo, Chadwick A .: A Thick Cloud of Neptune Trojans and Their Colors . (PDF) In: Science . 313, No. 5786, June 2006, pp. 511-514. doi : 10.1126 / science.1127173 . PMID 16778021 . Retrieved February 26, 2008.
  3. List Of Neptune Trojans . Minor Planet Center. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
  4. MPC