3596 Meriones
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | P. Jensen, K. Augustesen, |
| Discovery date | 14 November 1985 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Meriones |
| 1985 VO | |
| Trojan asteroid | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 23651 days (64.75 yr) |
| Aphelion | 5.5445723 AU (829.45621 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.786757 AU (716.0887 Gm) |
| 5.1656645 AU (772.77241 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0733512 |
| 11.74 yr (4288.33 d) | |
| 172.59943° | |
| 0° 5m 2.216s / day | |
| Inclination | 23.53118° |
| 356.69712° | |
| 67.15709° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.86832 AU (578.692 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.0419532 AU (6.27611 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.829 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 175 km |
| 12.96 h (0.540 d) | |
| 0.15 | |
| 9.2 | |
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3596 Meriones is an asteroid discovered on November 14, 1985 by Poul Jensen and Karl Augustesen. It is named after Meriones, the fictional hero from the Iliad. It orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system and is therefore considered to be part of the "Greek camp".
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References
- ↑ "3596 Meriones (1985 VO)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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