2005 TO74
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Discovery
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| Discovery date | 2005 |
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Designations
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Trojan asteroid |
| Epoch 2012-Mar-14.0 (JD 2456000.5) | |
| Aphelion | 31.89 AU |
| Perihelion | 28.67 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 30.28 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.0530 |
| Orbital period | 166.6 yr (60,856 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 278.2° |
| Inclination | 5.246° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 169.356° |
| Argument of perihelion | 299.8° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Dimensions | ~100 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.5[1] |
2005 TO74 (also written 2005 TO74) is a the fourth Neptune trojan discovered. It orbits near Neptune's L4 Lagrangian point about 60 degrees ahead of Neptune and thus has the about same orbital period as Neptune. It was discovered by Scott S. Sheppard and Chadwick A. Trujillo in 2005.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2005 TO74". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2005TO74. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
- ^ AstDys-2 about 2005 TO74
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