911 Agamemnon
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911 Agamemnon, provisional designation Template:Mp, is a large Jupiter trojan and a suspected binary asteroid from the Greek camp, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter. It was discovered on 19 March 1919, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[1] The dark D-type asteroid is one of the largest Jupiter trojans and has a rotation period of 6.6 hours.[2] It is named after the Greek King Agamemnon, a main character of the Iliad.[3]
Orbit and classification
Agamemnon is a dark Jovian asteroid orbiting in the Greek camp at Jupiter's leading L4 Lagrangian point, 60° ahead of its orbit in a 1:1 resonance Template:Crossreference.[4] It is also a non-family asteroid in the Jovian background population.[5]
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 4.9–5.6 AU once every 12 years and 1 month (4,427 days; semi-major axis of 5.28 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.07 and an inclination of 22° with respect to the ecliptic.[6] The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg in October 1927, more than 8 years after its official discovery observation.[1]
Physical characteristics
In the Tholen classification, Agamemnon is a dark D-type asteroid.[7] It has also been characterized as a D-type in both the Tholen- and SMASS-like taxonomy of the Small Solar System Objects Spectroscopic Survey (S3OS2).[7][8]
Rotation period
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Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Agamemnon measures between 131.04 and 185.30 kilometers in diameter, based on a common absolute magnitude of 7.89 and a surface albedo between 0.037 and 0.072.[10][11][12] A concurring diameter estimate of Script error: No such module "val". kilometers from an occultation event (see below) has also been obtained.[13] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link agrees with the results obtained by IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.0444 and a diameter of 166.66 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 7.89.[2]
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Shape and satellite
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Naming
This minor planet named from Greek mythology after King Agamemnon, the leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War. He is a main character of Homer's Iliad. The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 88Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[3]
Notes
References
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External links
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- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Script error: No such module "webarchive".)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
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