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Asteroid 911 Agamemnon


Named after Agamémnon ("very resolute"), one of the most distinguished heroes of Greek mythology, the son of King Atreus of Mycenae (or Argos) and Queen Aerope, and brother of Menelaus.

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Alternate designation1919 FD
ClassificationJupiter Trojan
Notesorbits in Jupiter's leading Lagrangian point, L4 (the 'Greek node')

Osculating Orbital Elements
Epoch2447943,5
Semi major axis5,2147 AU
Period [Julian yrs]11,908 Julian years
Inclination21,833 °
Eccentricity0,0679
Lon. of ascending node338,001 °
Argument of perihelion81,521 °
Passage of perihelion1986-May-24.484864
Aphelion distance5,5686 AU
Mean anomaly113,269 °

Physical Data
Radius83,33 km
Absolute magnitude (H)7,7532
Magnitude Slope (G)0,15
Color index (B-V)0,76
Geometric albedo0,0444
Spectral classn.a.

Discovery Circumstances
DiscovererKarl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Discovered1919-03-19

Data File
Data File Name911_Agamemnon.aed
Data File Date2006-07-19
Data File Size2714 kB
Covered Period1800,00 - 2100,00