1749 Telamon

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=1749 Telamon
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
discovered=September 29, 1949
designations = yes
alt_names=1949 SB
mp_category=Jupiter Trojan
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
semimajor=773.454 Gm (5.170 AU)
perihelion=689.369 Gm (4.608 AU)
aphelion=857.539 Gm (5.732 AU)
eccentricity=0.109
period=4293.997 d (11.76 a)
inclination=6.091°
asc_node=340.993°
arg_perihelion=111.015°
mean_anomaly=239.295°
avg_speed=13.06 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=81.1 km
mass=5.6e|17 kg
density=2.0 g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0227 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0429 km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=9.2
albedo=0.10
single_temperature=~122 K

1749 Telamon is a Jupiter trojan asteroid that orbits in the L₄ Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Telamon. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on September 29, 1949 in Heidelberg, Germany.

External links

* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets]
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1749;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=1749 Ephemeris]