3548 Eurybates
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3548 Eurybates
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Discovery[1] and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery date | September 19, 1973 |
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Designations
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| Named after | Eurybates |
| Alternate name(s) | 1973 SO |
| Minor planet category |
Jupiter Trojan |
| Epoch February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5) | |
| Aphelion | 841.289 Gm (5.624 AU) |
| Perihelion | 703.569 Gm (4.703 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 772.429 Gm (5.163 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.089 |
| Orbital period | 4285.466 d (11.73 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 13.08 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 288.938° |
| Inclination | 8.075° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 43.547° |
| Dimensions | 72.2 km |
| Mass | 3.9×1017 kg |
| Mean density | 2.0 g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity | 0.0202 m/s² |
| Equatorial escape velocity | 0.0382 km/s |
| Sidereal rotation period |
? d |
| Axial tilt | ?° |
| Pole ecliptic latitude | ? |
| Pole ecliptic longitude | ? |
| Geometric albedo | 0.10 |
| Temperature | ~122 K |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.5 |
3548 Eurybates is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid that orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Eurybates, who was a herald for the Greek armies during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels on September 19, 1973 in Palomar, California at the Palomar Observatory.
External links
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
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