(4946) Askalaphus
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Asteroid (4946) Askalaphus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L4) |
| Major semi-axis | 5.3098 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0503 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 5.0428 AU - 5.5767 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 21.87 ° |
| Sidereal period | 12,235 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 12.93 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 10,032 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | C. S. and E. M. Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | January 21, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 BW 1 |
| 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. | |
(4946) Askalaphus 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 . (4946) Askalaphus was discovered on January 21, 1988 by the American astronomers Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L4.
The asteroid is named after the mythological person Askalaphus , who is associated with the Trojan War .