4086 Podalirius
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. V. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | 9 November 1985 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4086 |
|
Named after
|
Podalirius |
| 1985 VK2 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 21840 days (59.79 yr) |
| Aphelion | 5.8905 AU (881.21 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.6219 AU (691.43 Gm) |
| 5.2562 AU (786.32 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.12068 |
| 12.05 yr (4401.50 d) | |
| 188.762° | |
| 0° 4m 54.444s / day | |
| Inclination | 21.709° |
| 54.979° | |
| 357.076° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.63217 AU (543.365 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.380965 AU (56.9916 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.844 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 90 km |
|
Mean radius
|
43.445 ± 4.7 km |
| 10.43 h (0.435 d) | |
| 0.0536 ± 0.014 | |
| 9.10 | |
4086 Podalirius (1985 VK2) is a 90 km Jupiter Trojan discovered on November 9, 1985 by L. V. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. It is one of the fifty largest Jupiter Trojans.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 10.43 ± 0.04 hours with a brightness variation of 0.13 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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