Discovery date 26 May 1984 Alternative names 1984 KF Aphelion 5.8824 AU (879.99 Gm) Discovered 26 May 1984 Named after Paris Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | MPC designation 3317 Observation arc 19190 days (52.54 yr) Orbital period 12 years Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory | |
Discovered by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker | ||
3317 Paris (1984 KF) is a Jupiter trojan. It was discovered on 26 May 1984 by husband and wife team Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar. It was named not after the French capital, but for Paris, son of Priam of Troy.
Photometric observations of 3317 Paris during 1998 were used to build a light curve, which indicates a rotation period of 7.082 ± 0.004 hours with a brightness variation of 0.10 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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