Discovery date 4 October 1977 Alternative names 1977 TL3 Aphelion 5.3102 AU (794.39 Gm) Discovered 4 October 1977 Discoverer Nikolai Chernykh Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | MPC designation 2223 Observation arc 38.41 yr (14028 days) Perihelion 5.1510 AU (770.58 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Sarpedon | |
Discovery site Purple Mountain Observatory, Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Similar Jupiter trojan, Solar System, Sun, 617 Patroclus, 2577 Litva | ||
2223 Sarpedon (1977 TL3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 4, 1977 at Purple Mountain Observatory and named after the Lycian hero Sarpedon from the Iliad.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1996 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 22.741 ± 0.014 hours with a brightness variation of 0.14 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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