6002 Eetion

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6002 Eetion
Discovery [1]
Discovered by P. Jensen
Discovery site Brorfelde Obs.
Discovery date8 September 1988
Designations
(6002) Eetion
Named after
Eetion
(Greek mythology) [1]
1988 RO
Jupiter trojan [1] [2]
Trojan [3]  · background [4]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 64.68 yr (23,624 d)
Aphelion 5.7007 AU
Perihelion 4.7464 AU
5.2235 AU
Eccentricity 0.0914
11.94 yr (4,361 d)
163.01°
0° 4m 57.36s / day
Inclination 15.556°
209.71°
159.55°
Jupiter  MOID 0.1867 AU
TJupiter 2.9190
Physical characteristics
40.41±0.47  km [5]
12.918±0.022  h [6]
0.075±0.009 [5]
C(assumed) [7]
10.4 [5]
10.5 [1] [2]
10.6 [7]

    6002 Eetion, provisional designation : 1988 RO, is a mid-sized Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) in diameter. It was discovered by Poul Jensen at the Brorfelde Observatory in 1988, and has not been named since its numbering in June 1994. [8] The dark Jovian asteroid has a rotation period of 12.9 hours. [7] In 2021, it was named from Greek mythology after King Eetion, who was killed by Achilles during the raid on Thebe.

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    Discovery

    Eetion discovered on 8 September 1988, by Danish astronomer Poul Jensen at the Brorfelde Observatory near Holbæk, Denmark, [1] who on very same night also discovered the Jupiter trojan (5119) 1988 RA1 , and several other main-belt asteroids including (9840) 1988 RQ2, (12689) 1988 RO2, (14364) 1988 RM2 , (14837) 1988 RN2, and (24664) 1988 RB1.

    Orbit and classification

    Eetion is a dark Jovian asteroid in a 1:1 orbital resonance with Jupiter. It is located in the trailering Trojan camp at the Gas Giant's L5 Lagrangian point, 60° behind its orbit (see Trojans in astronomy). [3] It is also a non-family asteroid of the Jovian background population. [4]

    It orbits the Sun at a distance of 4.7–5.7  AU once every 11 years and 11 months (4,361 days; semi-major axis of 5.22 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 16° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] A first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in September 1953, extending the body's observation arc by 35 years prior to its official discovery observation at Brorfelde. [1]

    Numbering and naming

    This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 23 June 1994 ( M.P.C. 23661). [8] On 29 November 2021, IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature named it from Greek mythology after King Eetion of Thebe Hypoplakia, father of Andromache, and father-in-law of Hector. Eetion was killed during the raid on Thebe by Achilles. [1] [9]

    Physical characteristics

    This Jupiter trojan is an assumed, carbonaceous C-type asteroid. [7]

    Rotation period

    In February 1993, Eetion was observed by astronomers Stefano Mottola and Mario Di Martino with the ESO 1-metre telescope and its DLR MkII CCD-camera at La Silla in Chile. The photometric observations were used to build a lightcurve showing a rotation period of 12.918±0.022 hours with a brightness variation of 0.18±0.01 magnitude ( U=3- ). [6] It was the body's first determined rotation period in literature. [6] :29

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Eetion measures 40.4 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.075, [5] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for a carbonaceous asteroid of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 42.23 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 10.6. [7]

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    Largest Jupiter Trojans by survey(A)
    (mean-diameter in kilometers; YoD: Year of Discovery)
    Designation H WISE IRAS Akari Ln RP V–I YoDRef
    624 Hektor 7.2225233230.99L46.920.9301907 list
    617 Patroclus 8.19140.362140.92140.85L5102.800.8301906 list
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    588 Achilles 8.67130.099135.47133.22L47.310.9401906 list
    3451 Mentor 8.4126.288116.30117.91L57.700.7701984 list
    3317 Paris 8.3118.790116.26120.45L57.090.9501984 list
    1867 Deiphobus 8.3118.220122.67131.31L558.660.9301971 list
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    1437 Diomedes 8.3117.786164.31172.60L424.490.8101937 list
    1143 Odysseus 7.93114.624125.64130.81L410.110.8601930 list
    2241 Alcathous 8.64113.682114.63118.87L57.690.9401979 list
    659 Nestor 8.99112.320108.87107.06L415.980.7901908 list
    3793 Leonteus 8.7112.04686.2687.58L45.620.7801985 list
    3063 Makhaon 8.4111.655116.14114.34L48.640.8301983 list
    1583 Antilochus 8.6108.842101.62111.69L431.540.9501950 list
    884 Priamus 8.81101.09396.29119.99L56.860.9001917 list
    1208 Troilus 8.99100.477103.34111.36L556.170.7401931 list
    1173 Anchises 8.8999.549126.27120.49L511.600.7801930 list
    2207 Antenor 8.8997.65885.1191.32L57.970.9501977 list
    2363 Cebriones 9.1195.97681.8484.61L520.050.9101977 list
    4063 Euforbo 8.795.619102.46106.38L48.850.9501989 list
    2357 Phereclos 8.9494.62594.9098.45L514.390.9601981 list
    4709 Ennomos 8.591.43380.8580.03L512.280.6901988 list
    2797 Teucer 8.789.430111.14113.99L410.150.9201981 list
    2920 Automedon 8.888.574111.01113.11L410.210.9501981 list
    15436 Dexius 9.187.64685.7178.63L48.970.8701998 list
    3596 Meriones 9.287.38075.0973.28L412.960.8301985 list
    2893 Peiroos 9.2386.88487.4686.76L58.960.9501975 list
    4086 Podalirius 9.185.49586.8985.98L410.430.8701985 list
    4060 Deipylos 9.384.04379.2186.79L49.300.7601987 list
    1404 Ajax 9.383.99081.6996.34L429.380.9601936 list
    4348 Poulydamas 9.582.03270.0887.51L59.910.8401988 list
    5144 Achates 9.080.95891.9189.85L55.960.9201991 list
    4833 Meges 8.980.16587.3389.39L414.250.9401989 list
    2223 Sarpedon 9.4177.48094.63108.21L522.740.8801977 list
    4489 Dracius 9.076.59592.9395.02L412.580.9501988 list
    2260 Neoptolemus 9.3176.43571.6581.28L48.180.9501975 list
    5254 Ulysses 9.276.14778.3480.00L428.720.9701986 list
    3708 Socus 9.375.66179.5976.75L56.550.9801974 list
    2674 Pandarus 9.174.26798.10101.72L58.481.0001982 list
    3564 Talthybius 9.473.73068.9274.11L440.590.9001985 list
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    7641 Cteatus 9.471.83968.9775.28L427.770.9801986 list
    3540 Protesilaos 9.370.22576.8487.66L48.950.9401973 list
    11395 Iphinous 9.868.97764.7167.78L417.381998 list
    4035 Thestor 9.668.73368.2366.99L413.470.9701986 list
    5264 Telephus 9.468.47273.2681.38L49.530.9701991 list
    1868 Thersites 9.568.16370.0878.89L410.480.9601960 list
    9799 Thronium 9.668.03364.8772.42L421.520.9101996 list
    4068 Menestheus 9.567.62562.3768.46L414.400.9501973 list
    23135 Pheidas 9.966.23058.2968.50L48.690.8602000 list
    2456 Palamedes 9.365.91691.6699.60L47.240.9201966 list
    3709 Polypoites 9.165.29799.0985.23L410.041.0001985 list
    1749 Telamon 9.564.89881.0669.14L416.980.9701949 list
    3548 Eurybates 9.663.88572.1468.40L48.710.7301973 list
    4543 Phoinix 9.763.83662.7969.54L438.871.2001989 list
    12444 Prothoon 9.863.83564.3162.41L515.821996 list
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    16070 Charops 9.763.19164.1368.98L520.240.9601999 list
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    4715 Medesicaste 9.762.09763.9165.93L58.810.8501989 list
    34746 Thoon 9.861.68460.5163.63L519.630.9502001 list
    38050 Bias 9.861.60361.0450.44L418.850.9901998 list
    5130 Ilioneus 9.760.71159.4052.49L514.770.9601989 list
    5027 Androgeos 9.659.78657.86n.a.L411.380.9101988 list
    6090 Aulis 9.459.56874.5381.92L418.480.9801989 list
    5648 Axius 9.759.29563.91n.a.L537.560.9001990 list
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    16974 Iphthime 9.857.34155.4357.15L478.90.9601998 list
    4867 Polites 9.857.25158.2964.29L511.241.0101989 list
    2895 Memnon 10.056.70655.67n.a.L57.500.7101981 list
    4708 Polydoros 9.954.96455.67n.a.L57.520.9601988 list
    21601 Aias 10.054.90955.6756.08L412.650.9701998 list
    12929 Periboea 9.954.07761.0455.34L59.270.8801999 list
    17492 Hippasos 10.053.97555.67n.a.L517.751991 list
    5652 Amphimachus 10.153.92153.1652.48L48.371.0501992 list
    2759 Idomeneus 9.953.67661.0152.55L432.380.9101980 list
    5258 Rhoeo 10.253.27550.77n.a.L419.851.0101989 list
    12126 Chersidamas 10.153.202n.a.n.a.L5n.a.?1999 list
    15502 Hypeirochus 10.053.10055.6750.86L515.130.8751999 list
    4754 Panthoos 10.053.02553.1556.96L527.681977 list
    4832 Palinurus 10.052.05853.16n.a.L55.321.0001988 list
    5126 Achaemenides 10.551.92244.2248.57L453.021989 list
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    1873 Agenor 10.150.79953.7654.38L520.601971 list
    5028 Halaesus 10.250.77050.77n.a.L424.940.9001988 list
    2146 Stentor 9.950.75558.29n.a.L416.401976 list
    4722 Agelaos 10.050.37853.1659.47L518.440.9101977 list
    5284 Orsilocus 10.150.15953.16n.a.L410.310.9701989 list
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    4791 Iphidamas 10.149.52857.8559.96L59.701.0301988 list
    9023 Mnesthus 10.149.15150.7760.80L530.661988 list
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    4946 Askalaphus 10.248.20952.7166.10L422.730.9401988 list
    22149 Cinyras 10.248.19050.7750.37L47.841.0902000 list
    32496 Deïopites 10.248.01750.7751.63L523.340.9502000 list
    5120 Bitias 10.247.98750.77n.a.L515.210.7801988 list
    12714 Alkimos 10.147.81961.0454.62L428.481991 list
    7352 Hypsenor 9.947.73155.67 47.07L56480.8501994 list
    1870 Glaukos 10.647.64942.23n.a.L55.991971 list
    4138 Kalchas 10.146.46253.1661.04L429.20.8101973 list
    23958 Theronice 10.246.00150.7747.91L45620.9901998 list
    4828 Misenus 10.445.95446.30 43.22L512.870.9201988 list
    4057 Demophon 10.145.68353.16n.a.L429.821.0601985 list
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    5259 Epeigeus 10.344.74142.5944.42L418.421989 list
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    16560 Daitor 10.743.86151.4243.38L51991 list
    15977 Pyraechmes 10.443.53046.3051.53L52500.9061998 list
    7543 Prylis 10.642.89342.23n.a.L417.801973 list
    4827 Dares 10.542.77044.22n.a.L519.001988 list
    1647 Menelaus 10.542.71644.22n.a.L417.740.8661957 list
    (A) Used sources: WISE/NEOWISE catalog (NEOWISE_DIAM_V1 PDS, Grav, 2012); IRAS data (SIMPS v.6 catalog); and Akari catalog (Usui, 2011); RP: rotation period and V–I (color index) taken from the LCDB

    Note: missing data was completed with figures from the JPL SBDB (query) and from the LCDB (query form) for the WISE/NEOWISE and SIMPS catalogs, respectively. These figures are given in italics. Also, listing is incomplete above #100.

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