3063 Makhaon
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| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina |
| Discovery date | 4 August 1983 |
| Designations | |
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Named after
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Machaon |
| 1983 PV | |
| Jupiter trojan | |
| Orbital characteristics[1][2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 30833 days (84.42 yr) |
| Aphelion | 5.51506 AU (825.041 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.89556 AU (732.365 Gm) |
| 5.20531 AU (778.703 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.059507 |
| 11.88 yr (4337.78 d) | |
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Average orbital speed
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13.07 km/s |
| 101.690° | |
| Inclination | 12.1663° |
| 287.875° | |
| 205.450° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.91487 AU (585.656 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.267355 AU (39.9957 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 116.1 km |
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Mean radius
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58.07 ± 2.2 km |
| Mass | 1.6×1018 kg |
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Mean density
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2.0 g/cm³ |
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Equatorial surface gravity
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0.0324 m/s² |
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Equatorial escape velocity
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0.0614 km/s |
| 8.64 h (0.360 d) | |
| 0.0476 ± 0.004 | |
| Temperature | ~122 K |
| 8.4 | |
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3063 Makhaon 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 Makhaon, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina in Nauchnyj, Ukraine on August 4, 1983.[3]
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2009 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 8.6354 ± 0.0033 hours with a brightness variation of 0.06 ± 0.01 magnitude.[4]
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