Discovered by Shoemaker, C. S. Alternative names 1988 TA3 Aphelion 5.8125 AU (869.54 Gm) Discovered 10 October 1988 Discovery site Palomar Observatory MPC designation 5638 | Discovery date 10 October 1988 Observation arc 9996 days (27.37 yr) Perihelion 4.6978 AU (702.78 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | |
Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar Solar System, Sun, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy | ||
5638 Deikoon (1988 TA3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 10, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 9.137 ± 0.003 hours with a brightness variation of 0.07 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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