Discovery date 4 October 1977 Minor planet category Jupiter Trojan Aphelion 5.3827 AU (805.24 Gm) Discovered 4 October 1977 Named after Kebriones MPC designation 2363 | Alternative names 1977 TJ3 Observation arc 62.57 yr (22852 days) Perihelion 5.0150 AU (750.23 Gm) Orbits Sun | |
Similar Jupiter trojan, Solar System, 617 Patroclus | ||
2363 Cebriones (1977 TJ3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 4, 1977 at Purple Mountain Observatory. This asteroid is named for Cebriones the charioteer of Hector.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 20.05 ± 0.04 hours with a brightness variation of 0.22 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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