(4836) Medon
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Asteroid (4836) Medon |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L4) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.2061 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1080 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 4.6436 AU - 5.7686 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 19.3998 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 82.0504 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 34.7522 ° |
| Sidereal period | 11.88 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.08 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 63.28 ± 0.77 km |
| Albedo | 0.070 ± 0.006 |
| Rotation period | 9.818 h |
| Absolute brightness | 9.5 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Carolyn Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | February 2, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 CK 1 , 1986 XM |
| 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. | |
(4836) Medon 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 . (4836) Medon was discovered on February 2, 1989 by the American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L4.
The asteroid is named after the mythological warrior Medon , who fought on the side of the Greeks in the Trojan War .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Medon: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Medon in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4836) Medon in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).