3063 Makhaon

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=3063 Makhaon
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina
discovered=August 4, 1983
designations = yes
alt_names=1983 PV
mp_category=Jupiter Trojan
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
semimajor=776.169 Gm (5.188 AU)
perihelion=731.094 Gm (4.887 AU)
aphelion=821.244 Gm (5.490 AU)
eccentricity=0.058
period=4316.626 d (11.82 a)
inclination=12.172°
asc_node=287.871°
arg_perihelion=204.377°
mean_anomaly=221.153°
avg_speed=13.07 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=116.1 km
mass=1.6e|18 kg
density=2.0 g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0324 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0614 km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=8.6
albedo=0.10
single_temperature=~122 K

3063 Makhaon 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 Makhaon, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina in Nauchnyj, Ukraine on August 4, 1983.

External links

* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets]
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3063;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=3063 Ephemeris]