2797 Teucer

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=2797 Teucer
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=Edward L. G. Bowell
discovered=June 4, 1981
designations = yes
alt_names=1981 LK
mp_category=Jupiter Trojan
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
semimajor=763.816 Gm (5.106 AU)
perihelion=696.607 Gm (4.657 AU)
aphelion=831.025 Gm (5.555 AU)
eccentricity=0.088
period=4213.991 d (11.54 a)
inclination=22.392°
asc_node=69.944°
arg_perihelion=47.304°
mean_anomaly=218.754°
avg_speed=13.16 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=111.1 km
mass=1.4e|18 kg
density=2.0 g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0311 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0587 km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=8.4
albedo=0.10
single_temperature=~123 K

2797 Teucer 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 Teucer, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa station of the Lowell Observatory on June 4, 1981.

External links

* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets]
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2797;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=2797 Ephemeris]