4805 Asteropaios
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. S. |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | November 13, 1990 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4805 |
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Named after
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Asteropaios |
| 1990 VH7 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.704 |
| Perihelion | 4.757 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0906 |
| 4369.299 | |
| 207.915 | |
| Inclination | 11.999 |
| 278.384 | |
| 89.472 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 62[1] km |
| 10.1 | |
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4805 Asteropaios (1990 VH7) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on November 13, 1990 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar. It is named after Asteropaios, a character in Homer's Iliad who fought for the Trojans in the Trojan War.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 12.372 ± 0.010 hours with a brightness variation of 0.26 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]
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