4007 Euryalos
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | September 19, 1973 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4007 |
| 1973 SR | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.450 |
| Perihelion | 4.870 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0562 |
| 4281.675 | |
| 272.815 | |
| Inclination | 11.014 |
| 6.778 | |
| 76.228 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 52[1] km |
| 10.3[1] | |
4007 Euryalos (1973 SR) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on September 19, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1995 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 6.391 ± 0.005 hours with a brightness variation of 0.07 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]
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