5638 Deikoon
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. S. |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 10 October 1988 |
| Designations | |
| 5638 | |
| 1988 TA3 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 9996 days (27.37 yr) |
| Aphelion | 5.8125 AU (869.54 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.6978 AU (702.78 Gm) |
| 5.2552 AU (786.17 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.10606 |
| 12.05 yr (4400.25 d) | |
| 195.075° | |
| 0° 4m 54.53s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.905° |
| 156.035° | |
| 91.504° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.70629 AU (554.453 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.1964 AU (29.38 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 2.953 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 59 km[2] |
| 19.40 h (0.808 d) | |
| 10.0,[2] 10.5[1] | |
5638 Deikoon (1988 TA3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 10, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 9.137 ± 0.003 hours with a brightness variation of 0.07 ± 0.01 magnitude.[2]
References
- ^ a b "5638 Deikoon (1988 TA3)". 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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