Asteroid 588 Achilles
Named after Achilles, a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest and the most central character of Homer's Iliad.
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| Classification | Jupiter Trojan |
| Notes | Orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point (the "Greek camp") of the Sun-Jupiter system. |
Osculating Orbital Elements
| Epoch | 2453800,5 |
| Semi major axis | 5,1940 AU |
| Period [Julian yrs] | 11,838 Julian years |
| Inclination | 10,322 ° |
| Eccentricity | 0,1466 |
| Lon. of ascending node | 316,594 ° |
| Argument of perihelion | 132,591 ° |
| Passage of perihelion | 2011-Jun-13.848250 |
| Aphelion distance | 5,9556 AU |
| Mean anomaly | 199,650 ° |
Physical Data
| Radius | 67,74 km |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8,67 |
| Magnitude Slope (G) | 0,15 |
| Color index (B-V) | 0,755 |
| Geometric albedo | 0,0328 |
| Spectral class | n.a. |
Discovery Circumstances
| Discoverer | Max Wolf |
| Discovered | 1906-02-22 |
Data File
| Data File Name | 588_Achilles.aed |
| Data File Date | 2006-07-19 |
| Data File Size | 2714 kB |
| Covered Period | 1800,00 - 2100,00 |
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