4138 Kalchas/ˈkælkəs/ is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 19 September 1973, by Dutch astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, on photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory in California.[1] The assumed C-type asteroid is the principal body of the proposed Kalchas family and has a rotation period of 29.2 hours.[8] It was named after the seer Calchas from Greek mythology.[1]
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4138Kalchas /ˈkælkəs/ is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 19 September...
Kalchas can refer to: Calchas, a seer in Greek mythology Kalchas, Pakistan, a town in Pakistan Kalchas, Rhodope, a village in Greece 4138Kalchas, an...
26 members. Nesvorný moved family to candidate status.: 19 Kalchas family 4138Kalchas — Jupiter trojan family according to Roig and Gil-Hutton (2008)...
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