(4833) Meges
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Asteroid (4833) Meges |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L4) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.2457 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0917 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.7645 AU - 5.7269 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 34.6915 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 101.7667 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 279.8483 ° |
| Sidereal period | 12.01 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 12.99 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 87.33 ± 5.8 km |
| Albedo | 0.0531 |
| Rotation period | 14,250 h |
| Absolute brightness | 8.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Carolyn Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | January 8, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 AL 2 , 1975 XN 5 |
| 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. | |
(4833) Meges 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 . (4833) Meges was discovered on January 8, 1989 by the American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L4.
The asteroid is named after the mythological Greek warrior Meges Phyleïdes .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Meges: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Meges in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4833) Meges in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).