4722 Agelaos
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 16 October 1977 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4722 |
Named after | Agelaus |
| 4271 T-3 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 14026 days (38.40 yr) |
| Aphelion | 5.7905 AU (866.25 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.6234 AU (691.65 Gm) |
| 5.2070 AU (778.96 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11206 |
| 11.88 yr (4339.84 d) | |
| 74.7701° | |
| 0° 4m 58.627s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.8154° |
| 64.996° | |
| 315.800° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.63227 AU (543.380 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.241179 AU (36.0799 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.964 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 68 km[2] |
| 18.61 h (0.775 d) | |
| 10.1 | |
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4722 Agelaos (4271 T-3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 18.61 ± 0.12 hours with a brightness variation of 0.23 ± 0.02 magnitude.[2]
References
- ↑ "4722 Agelaos (4271 T-3)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- 1 2 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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