Discovered by Shoemaker, C. S. Alternative names 1988 PB1 Aphelion 5.4043 AU (808.47 Gm) Discovered 14 August 1988 Discoverer Carolyn S. Shoemaker Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | Discovery date 14 August 1988 Observation arc 10029 days (27.46 yr) Perihelion 4.9209 AU (736.16 Gm) Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory MPC designation 4791 | |
Similar Sun, 5381 Sekhmet, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy | ||
4791 Iphidamas (1988 PB1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on August 14, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1993 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 9.727 ± 0.011 hours with a brightness variation of 0.49 ± 0.02 magnitude.
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