(5731) Zeus
Asteroid (5731) Zeus |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Apollo type |
Major semi-axis | 2.2634 AU |
eccentricity | 0.6536 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 0.7841 AU - 3.7428 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.4303 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.41 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.79 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 15.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
CS Shoemaker, E. M. Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | 4th November 1988 |
Another name | 1988 VP 4 |
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. |
(5731) Zeus is a near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo type , which was discovered on November 4, 1988 by the American astronomers Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675).
The heavenly body is named after Zeus , the supreme god of Greek mythology .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Zeus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Zeus in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (5731) Zeus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).