5120 Bitias information

5120 Bitias
Discovery
Discovered by	C. Shoemaker
Discovery site	Palomar Obs.
Discovery date	13 October 1988
Designations
MPC designation	(5120) Bitias
Pronunciation	/ˈbɪtiəs/
Named after	Bĭtĭas (Virgil)
Alternative designations	1988 TZ1
Minor planet category	Jupiter trojan ; Trojan · background
Adjectives	Bitiantian
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	29.45 yr (10,755 d)
Aphelion	5.8591 AU
Perihelion	4.6928 AU
Semi-major axis	5.2759 AU
Eccentricity	0.1105
Orbital period (sidereal)	12.12 yr (4,426 d)
Mean anomaly	198.32°
Mean motion	0° 4m 52.68s / day
Inclination	24.999°
Longitude of ascending node	295.89°
Argument of perihelion	23.524°
Jupiter MOID	0.4103 AU
TJupiter	2.8000
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	47.99±0.55 km; 50.77 km (calculated)
Synodic rotation period	15.21±0.02 h
Geometric albedo	0.057 (assumed); 0.122±0.031
Spectral type	C (assumed); B–V = 0.780±0.060; V–R = 0.450±0.040; V–I = 0.780±0.037
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.5; 10.2

5120 Bitias /ˈbɪtiəs/ is a Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately 48 kilometers (30 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 13 October 1988, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California.^[1] The assumed C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 15.2 hours. It was named after Bitias, a companion of Aeneus in Virgil's Aeneid.^[1]

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