4754 Panthoos
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | October 16, 1977 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4754 |
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Named after
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Panthous |
| 5010 T-3 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.240 |
| Perihelion | 5.164 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0073 |
| 4333.172 | |
| 252.951 | |
| Inclination | 12.336 |
| 155.155 | |
| 196.864 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 59[1] km |
| 0.0571 | |
| 10.10 | |
4754 Panthoos (5010 T-3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 27.68 ± 0.05 hours with a brightness variation of 0.09 ± 0.01 magnitude.[1]
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