Discovered by E. Bowell MPC designation 2357 Observation arc 86.46 yr (31578 days) Discovered 1 January 1981 Orbits Sun Discovery site Anderson Mesa Station | Discovery date 1 January 1981 Alternative names 1981 AC Aphelion 5.4389 AU (813.65 Gm) Inclination 2.6689° Discoverer Edward L. G. Bowell Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | |
Similar Jupiter trojan, Solar System, Sun | ||
2357 Phereclos (1981 AC) is a 95 km Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 1, 1981 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory, it was named after Phereclus.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2010 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 14.394 ± 0.012 hours with a brightness variation of 0.09 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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