- 1437 Diomedes
Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=1437 Diomedes
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
discovered=August 3 ,1937
designations = yes
alt_names=1937 PB
mp_category=Jupiter Trojan
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=February 04 ,2008 (JD 2454500.5)
semimajor=772.520 Gm (5.164 AU)
perihelion=738.963 Gm (4.940 AU)
aphelion=806.077 Gm (5.388 AU)
eccentricity=0.043
period=4286.226 d (11.74 a)
inclination=20.515°
asc_node=315.828°
arg_perihelion=128.772°
mean_anomaly=287.280°
avg_speed=13.10 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=164.3 kmcite web
date=2008-01-18 last obs
title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1437 Diomedes (1937 PB)
url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1437
accessdate=2008-05-23]
~(284×126×65)cite journal
last=Sato |first=Isao
coauthors=Šarounová, Lenka; Fukushima, Hideo
title=Size and Shape of Trojan Asteroid Diomedes from Its Occultation and Photometry
journal=Icarus
volume=145 |pages=25-32 |year=2000
doi=10.1006/icar.1999.6316
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000Icar..145...25S
accessdate=2008-05-23 ]
mass=4.6e|18 kg
density=2.0 g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0459 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0869 km/s
sidereal_day=24.46 hr
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=8.30
albedo=0.03
single_temperature=~122 K1437 Diomedes is a
Jupiter trojan asteroid that orbits in the L4Lagrangian point of theSun -Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek heroDiomedes . It was discovered byKarl Wilhelm Reinmuth onAugust 3 ,1937 inHeidelberg ,Germany .References
External links
* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets]
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1437;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=1437 Ephemeris]
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000Icar..145...25S Size and Shape of Trojan Asteroid Diomedes from Its Occultation and Photometry] (284×126×65)
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