6002 Eetion information

6002 Eetion
Discovery
Discovered by	P. Jensen
Discovery site	Brorfelde Obs.
Discovery date	8 September 1988
Designations
MPC designation	(6002) Eetion
Named after	Eetion; (Greek mythology)
Alternative designations	1988 RO
Minor planet category	Jupiter trojan; Trojan · background
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	64.68 yr (23,624 d)
Aphelion	5.7007 AU
Perihelion	4.7464 AU
Semi-major axis	5.2235 AU
Eccentricity	0.0914
Orbital period (sidereal)	11.94 yr (4,361 d)
Mean anomaly	163.01°
Mean motion	0° 4m 57.36s / day
Inclination	15.556°
Longitude of ascending node	209.71°
Argument of perihelion	159.55°
Jupiter MOID	0.1867 AU
TJupiter	2.9190
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	40.41±0.47 km
Synodic rotation period	12.918±0.022 h
Geometric albedo	0.075±0.009
Spectral type	C (assumed)
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.4; 10.5; 10.6

6002 Eetion, provisional designation: 1988 RO, is a mid-sized Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) in diameter. It was discovered by Poul Jensen at the Brorfelde Observatory in 1988, and has not been named since its numbering in June 1994.^[8] The dark Jovian asteroid has a rotation period of 12.9 hours.^[7] In 2021, it was named from Greek mythology after King Eetion, who was killed by Achilles during the raid on Thebe.

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