3548 Eurybates

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=3548 Eurybates
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
discovered=September 19, 1973
designations = yes
alt_names=1973 SO
mp_category=Jupiter Trojan
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
semimajor=772.429 Gm (5.163 AU)
perihelion=703.569 Gm (4.703 AU)
aphelion=841.289 Gm (5.624 AU)
eccentricity=0.089
period=4285.466 d (11.73 a)
inclination=8.075°
asc_node=43.547°
arg_perihelion=26.458°
mean_anomaly=288.938°
avg_speed=13.08 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=72.2 km
mass=3.9e|17 kg
density=2.0 g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0202 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0382 km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=9.5
albedo=0.10
single_temperature=~122 K

3548 Eurybates 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 Eurybates, who was a herald for the Greek armies during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels on September 19, 1973 in Palomar, California at the Palomar Observatory.

External links

* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.txt Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets]
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3548;orb=1 Orbital simulation] from JPL (Java) / [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi?find_body=1&body_group=sb&sstr=3548 Ephemeris]