3794 Sthenelos
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 12 October 1985 |
| Designations | |
| 3794 | |
Named after | Sthenelus |
| 1985 TF3 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 24283 days (66.48 yr) |
| Aphelion | 5.9635 AU (892.13 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.4488 AU (665.53 Gm) |
| 5.2062 AU (778.84 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14547 |
| 11.88 yr (4338.85 d) | |
| 207.130° | |
| 0° 4m 58.696s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.0614° |
| 343.265° | |
| 35.448° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.45154 AU (516.343 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.224477 AU (33.5813 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 2.968 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 62 km[2] |
| 12.877 h (0.5365 d) | |
| 9.9,[2] 10.4[1] | |
3794 Sthenelos (1985 TF3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 12, 1985 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1995 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 12.877 ± 0.016 hours with a brightness variation of 0.27 ± 0.01 magnitude.[2]
References
- ^ a b "3794 Sthenelos (1985 TF3)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ a b c 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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