- 5700 Homerus
Infobox Planet
minorplanet = yes
width = 25em
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
apsis =
name = Homerus
symbol =
caption =
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer =van Houten andGehrels
discovery_site = Palomar
discovered =October 16 ,1977
designations = yes
mp_name = 5700
alt_names = 5166 T-3
mp_category =
orbit_ref =
epoch =May 14 ,2008
aphelion = 3.0216338
perihelion = 2.1733452
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.1632901
period = 1529.0762124
avg_speed =
inclination = 12.93601
asc_node = 163.78392
mean_anomaly = 186.72314
arg_peri = 124.24340
satellites =
physical_characteristics = yes
dimensions =
mass =
density =
surface_grav =
escape_velocity =
sidereal_day =
axial_tilt =
pole_ecliptic_lat =
pole_ecliptic_lon =
albedo =
temperatures=
temp_name1 =
mean_temp_1 =
max_temp_1 =
temp_name2 =
max_temp_2 =
spectral_type =
abs_magnitude = 13.55700 Homerus (5166 T-3) is a
Main-belt Asteroid discovered onOctober 16 ,1977 byvan Houten andGehrels at Palomar.It was named after the Greek poet
Homer . [ [http://seds.org/MESSIER/xtra/Bios/homer.html Homer (c. bet. 800 and 700 B.C.) ] ]References
External links
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=5700+Homerus JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 5700 Homerus]
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