3451 Mentor
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Mrkos |
| Discovery site | Klet |
| Discovery date | 19 April 1984 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3451 |
Named after | Mentor |
| 1984 HA1 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 12041 days (32.97 yr) |
| Aphelion | 5.4898 AU (821.26 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.7674 AU (713.19 Gm) |
| 5.1286 AU (767.23 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.070425 |
| 11.61 yr (4242.24 d) | |
| 166.830° | |
| 0° 5m 5.5s / day | |
| Inclination | 24.662° |
| 179.660° | |
| 133.076° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.79685 AU (568.001 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.0785319 AU (11.74821 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.815 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ~90km |
| 7.730 h (0.3221 d) | |
Sidereal rotation period | 7.73 h |
| 8.4 | |
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3451 Mentor (1984 HA1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on April 19, 1984 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1998 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 7.700 ± 0.005 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.01 magnitude.[2]
References
- ↑ "3451 Mentor (1984 HA1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ 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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