(4834) Thoas
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Asteroid (4834) Thoas |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L4) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.2196 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1355 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.5126 AU - 5.9266 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 28.4652 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 76.0312 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 352.0507 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.93 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.01 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 86.82 ± 3.8 km |
| Albedo | 0.0490 |
| Rotation period | 18.192 h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Carolyn Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | January 11, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 AM 2 , 1975 XX 3 , 1986 XN, 1986 WP 2 |
| 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. | |
(4834) Thoas 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 . (4834) Thoas was discovered on January 11, 1989 by the American astronomer Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L4.
The asteroid is named after the mythological king Thoas , son of Andraimon , who led the Aitolians in the Trojan War .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Thoas: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Thoas in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4834) Thoas in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).