Discovery date 26 November 1975 Minor planet category Jupiter Trojan Discovered 26 November 1975 Named after Neoptolemus | Alternative names 1975 WM1 Observation arc 23451 days (64.21 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | |
Aphelion 5.42028 AU (810.862 Gm) Perihelion 4.97010 AU (743.516 Gm) Discovered by Purple Mountain Observatory Discovery site Purple Mountain Observatory People also search for 2456 Palamedes, 3391 Sinon | ||
2260 Neoptolemus 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 Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles. It was discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, China on November 26, 1975.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2002 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 8.180 ± 0.008 hours with a brightness variation of 0.32 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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