(48373) Gorgythion
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Asteroid (48373) Gorgythion |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 5 ) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.2449 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0097 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 5.1939 AU - 5.2960 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 27.2921 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 208.3977 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 32.3662 ° |
| Sidereal period | 12.01 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 13.10 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 20.267 ± 0.638 km |
| Albedo | 0.090 ± 0.015 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | CJ van Houten , I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | October 18, 1977 |
| Another name | 2161 T-3 , 2000 SE 303 |
| 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. | |
(48373) Gorgythion 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 .
The asteroid was discovered on October 18, 1977 by the Dutch astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 5 .
The celestial body was named on March 18, 2003 after Gorgythion , a son of the Trojan king Priam , who was killed by Teukros with an arrow that was supposed to hit Hector .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gorgythion: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (48373) Gorgythion in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (48373) Gorgythion in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).