5283 Pyrrhus
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker |
Discovery site | Palomar |
Discovery date | January 31, 1989 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 5283 |
Named after
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Neoptolemus |
1989 BW | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 5.982 |
Perihelion | 4.419 |
Eccentricity | 0.1503 |
4332.130 | |
280.871 | |
Inclination | 17.484 |
71.174 | |
355.163 | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 82[1] km |
0.0807 | |
9.3[1] | |
5283 Pyrrhus (1989 BW) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 31, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2002 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 7.323 ± 0.003 hours with a brightness variation of 0.11 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]
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