Discovery date 12 October 1985 Alternative names 1985 TF3 Aphelion 5.9635 AU (892.13 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | Named after Sthenelus Observation arc 24283 days (66.48 yr) Discovered 12 October 1985 Discovery site Palomar Observatory MPC designation 3794 | |
Discovered by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar 911 Agamemnon, 588 Achilles, Sun, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 | ||
3794 Sthenelos (1985 TF3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 12, 1985 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Merle Shoemaker at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1995 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 12.877 ± 0.016 hours with a brightness variation of 0.27 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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