1869 Philoctetes information

1869 Philoctetes
Discovery
Discovered by	C. J. van Houten; I. van Houten-G.; T. Gehrels
Discovery site	Palomar Obs.
Discovery date	24 September 1960
Designations
MPC designation	(1869) Philoctetes
Pronunciation	/fɪləkˈtiːtiːz/
Named after	Philoctetes; (Greek mythology)
Alternative designations	4596 P-L
Minor planet category	Jupiter trojan; (Greek camp)
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	56.61 yr (20,677 days)
Aphelion	5.5755 AU
Perihelion	4.8600 AU
Semi-major axis	5.2178 AU
Eccentricity	0.0686
Orbital period (sidereal)	11.92 yr (4,353 days)
Mean anomaly	247.19°
Inclination	3.9745°
Longitude of ascending node	43.984°
Argument of perihelion	321.66°
Jupiter MOID	0.0807 AU
TJupiter	2.9900
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	22.655±3.404 km
Geometric albedo	0.104±0.031
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.2

1869 Philoctetes /fɪləkˈtiːtiːz/ is a Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 23 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on September 24, 1960, by the Dutch and Dutch–American astronomers Cornelis van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory on Palomar Mountain, California.^[4] The asteroid was named after Philoctetes from Greek mythology.^[3] On the same night, the same group also discovered 1868 Thersites.

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Discovery^[1]
Discovered by	C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels
Discovery site	Palomar Obs.
Discovery date	24 September 1960
Designations
MPC designation	(1869) Philoctetes
Pronunciation	/fɪləkˈtiːtiːz/^[2]
Named after	Philoctetes (Greek mythology)^[3]
Alternative designations	4596 P-L
Minor planet category	Jupiter trojan^[4] (Greek camp)^[5]
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	56.61 yr (20,677 days)
Aphelion	5.5755 AU
Perihelion	4.8600 AU
Semi-major axis	5.2178 AU
Eccentricity	0.0686
Orbital period (sidereal)	11.92 yr (4,353 days)
Mean anomaly	247.19°
Inclination	3.9745°
Longitude of ascending node	43.984°
Argument of perihelion	321.66°
Jupiter MOID	0.0807 AU
T_Jupiter	2.9900
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	22.655±3.404 km^[6]
Geometric albedo	0.104±0.031^[6]
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.2^[1]