4007 Euryalos
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 19 September 1973 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4007 |
| 1973 SR | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 15296 days (41.88 yr) |
| Aphelion | 5.4634 AU (817.31 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.8822 AU (730.37 Gm) |
| 5.1728 AU (773.84 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.056181 |
| 11.77 yr (4297.24 d) | |
| 146.019° | |
| 0° 5m 1.59s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.004° |
| 6.7797° | |
| 78.415° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.91908 AU (586.286 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.16379 AU (24.503 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.960 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 52 km[2] |
| 6.391 h (0.2663 d) | |
| 10.3[1][2] | |
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4007 Euryalos (1973 SR) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on September 19, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1995 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 6.391 ± 0.005 hours with a brightness variation of 0.07 ± 0.01 magnitude.[2]
References
- 1 2 "4007 Euryalos (1973 SR)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Mottola, Stefano; Di Martino, Mario; Erikson, Anders; Gonano-Beurer, Maria; Carbognani, Albino; Carsenty, Uri; Hahn, Gerhard; Schober, Hans-Josef; Lahulla, Felix; Delbò, Marco; Lagerkvist, Claes-Ingvar (May 2011). "Rotational Properties of Jupiter Trojans. I. Light Curves of 80 Objects". The Astronomical Journal. 141 (5): 170. Bibcode:2011AJ....141..170M. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/5/170.
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