2357 Phereclos
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory |
| Discovery date | 1 January 1981 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2357 |
| 1981 AC | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 86.46 yr (31578 days) |
| Aphelion | 5.4389 AU (813.65 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.9791 AU (744.86 Gm) |
| 5.2090 AU (779.26 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.044131 |
| 11.89 yr (4342.38 d) | |
| 212.659° | |
| 0° 4m 58.454s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.6689° |
| 179.251° | |
| 74.890° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.96451 AU (593.082 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.22915 AU (34.280 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.996 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 95km |
|
Mean radius
|
47.45 ± 2.15 km |
| 14.394 h (0.5998 d) | |
|
Sidereal rotation period
|
14.39 h |
| 0.0521 ± 0.005 | |
| D | |
| 8.94 | |
2357 Phereclos (1981 AC) is a 95 km Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 1, 1981 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory, it was named after Phereclus.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2010 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 14.394 ± 0.012 hours with a brightness variation of 0.09 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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