(4060) Deipylos
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Asteroid (4060) Deipylos |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.2605 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1544 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.4482 AU - 6.0728 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.144 ° |
| Sidereal period | 12,066 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 12.99 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 79 km |
| Albedo | 0.078 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 9.59 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. W. Elst , G. Pizarro |
| Date of discovery | 17th December 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 YT 1 , 1942 ET, 1950 UJ |
| 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. | |
(4060) Deipylos 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 . (4060) Deipylos was discovered on December 17, 1987 by Eric Walter Elst and Guido Pizarro . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L4.
The asteroid is named after the mythological Greek hero figure Deipylos , a companion of Sthenelos before Troy.