(4805) Asteropaius
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Asteroid (4805) Asteropaios |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L5) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.2137 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0909 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.7400 AU - 5.6873 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.0108 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 278.3831 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 90.8872 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.90 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.01 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 12.372 h |
| Absolute brightness | 10.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | November 13, 1990 |
| Another name | 1990 VH 7 |
| 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. | |
(4805) Asteropaios 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 . (4805) Asteropaios was discovered on November 13, 1990 by the American astronomer Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker . It is assigned to the Lagrange point L5.
The asteroid is named after Asteropaios , a mythological figure associated with the Trojan War .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Asteropaios: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Asteropaios in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4805) Asteropaios in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).