Discovered by Shoemaker, C. S. MPC designation 4805 Observation arc 22707 days (62.17 yr) Discovered 13 November 1990 Discoverer Carolyn S. Shoemaker Discovery site Palomar Observatory | Discovery date 13 November 1990 Alternative names 1990 VH7 Aphelion 5.6833 AU (850.21 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Asteropaios Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | |
Similar Sun, 5381 Sekhmet, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy | ||
4805 Asteropaios (1990 VH7) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on November 13, 1990 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar. It is named after Asteropaios, a character in Homer's Iliad who fought for the Trojans in the Trojan War.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 12.372 ± 0.010 hours with a brightness variation of 0.26 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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