Discovered by L. V. Zhuravleva MPC designation 4086 Observation arc 21840 days (59.79 yr) Discovered 9 November 1985 Discoverer Lyudmila Zhuravleva Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | Discovery date 9 November 1985 Alternative names 1985 VK2 Aphelion 5.8905 AU (881.21 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Podalirius | |
Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Similar Jupiter trojan, 911 Agamemnon, 588 Achilles, Sun | ||
4086 Podalirius (1985 VK2) is a 90 km Jupiter Trojan discovered on November 9, 1985 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. It is one of the fifty largest Jupiter Trojans.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 10.43 ± 0.04 hours with a brightness variation of 0.13 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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