Discovery date 19 September 1950 Minor planet category Jupiter Trojan Discovered 19 September 1950 | Alternative names 1950 SA Observation arc 32616 days (89.30 yr) Orbits Sun Named after Antilochus | |
Discovered by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend Aphelion 5.39305 AU (806.789 Gm) Discovery site Royal Observatory of Belgium Similar 911 Agamemnon, Jupiter trojan, 588 Achilles, 617 Patroclus, 624 Hektor | ||
1583 Antilochus is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid that orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Antilochus. It was discovered by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend on September 19, 1950, in Uccle, Belgium.
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