3794 Sthenelos

Sthenelos
Discovery
Discovered by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date 12 October 1985
Designations
MPC designation 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°
 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)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 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

    1. 1 2 "3794 Sthenelos (1985 TF3)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 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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