4836 Medon
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 2 February 1989 |
| Designations | |
| 4836 | |
Named after | Medon |
| 1989 CK1 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 10663 days (29.19 yr) |
| Aphelion | 5.7685 AU (862.96 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.6368 AU (693.66 Gm) |
| 5.2026 AU (778.30 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.10877 |
| 11.87 yr (4334.46 d) | |
| 118.708° | |
| 0° 4m 58.998s / day | |
| Inclination | 19.409° |
| 82.056° | |
| 34.736° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.67173 AU (549.283 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.316458 AU (47.3414 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 2.875 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 78 km[2] |
| 33.865 ± 2.35 km | |
| 9.818 h (0.4091 d) | |
| 0.0610 ± 0.009 | |
| 9.4,[2] 9.5[1] | |
4836 Medon (1989 CK1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on February 2, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1991 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 9.838 ± 0.008 hours with a brightness variation of 0.24 ± 0.02 magnitude.[2]
References
- ^ a b "4836 Medon (1989 CK1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 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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