4836 Medon
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker |
Discovery site | Palomar |
Discovery date | February 2, 1989 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 4836 |
Named after
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Medon |
1989 CK1 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 5.743 |
Perihelion | 4.628 |
Eccentricity | 0.1075 |
4313.363 | |
246.348 | |
Inclination | 19.418 |
82.039 | |
33.614 | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 78[1] km |
0.0610 | |
9.4[1] | |
4836 Medon (1989 CK1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on February 2, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1991 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 9.838 ± 0.008 hours with a brightness variation of 0.24 ± 0.02 magnitude.[1]
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