Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. |
Discovery site | Palomar |
Discovery date | 12 October 1988 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 4709 |
Named after
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Ennomus |
1988 TU2 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 23589 days (64.58 yr) |
Aphelion | 5.3549 AU (801.08 Gm) |
Perihelion | 5.1241 AU (766.55 Gm) |
5.2395 AU (783.82 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.022027 |
11.99 yr (4380.56 d) | |
135.772° | |
0° 4m 55.852s / day | |
Inclination | 25.455° |
253.159° | |
89.155° | |
Earth MOID | 4.18978 AU (626.782 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 0.092186 AU (13.7908 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.805 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius
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40.425 ± 2.15 km |
12.275 h (0.5115 d) | |
0.0744 ± 0.009 | |
8.6 | |
4709 Ennomos (1988 TU2) is a Jupiter trojan discovered on October 12, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. at Palomar. It is named after Ennomos, a Trojan hero in the Iliad.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1990 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 12.275 ± 0.008 hours with a brightness variation of 0.47 ± 0.01 magnitude.