4791 Iphidamas

Iphidamas
Discovery
Discovered by Shoemaker, C. S.
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date 14 August 1988
Designations
MPC designation 4791
1988 PB1
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 10029 days (27.46 yr)
Aphelion 5.4043 AU (808.47 Gm)
Perihelion 4.9209 AU (736.16 Gm)
5.1626 AU (772.31 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.046818
11.73 yr (4284.55 d)
24.5646°
 5m 2.483s / day
Inclination 25.967°
261.456°
165.820°
Earth MOID 3.93887 AU (589.247 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 0.102307 AU (15.3049 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 2.797
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 62 km[2]
Mean radius
28.925 ± 2 km
9.696 h (0.4040 d)
0.0579 ± 0.009
10.0

    4791 Iphidamas (1988 PB1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on August 14, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1993 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 9.727 ± 0.011 hours with a brightness variation of 0.49 ± 0.02 magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. "4791 Iphidamas (1988 PB1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 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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