2011 UN63

2011 UN63
Discovery
Discovered byMt. Lemmon Survey
Discovery date21 October 2011
Designations
2011 UN63
Martian L5 Martian L5
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 1
Observation arc1587 days (4.34 yr)
Aphelion1.6222522 AU (242.68547 Gm)
Perihelion1.4253677 AU (213.23197 Gm)
1.5238099 AU (227.95872 Gm)
Eccentricity0.0646027
1.88 yr (687.06 d)
101.29418°
0° 31m 26.298s / day
Inclination20.36086°
223.55542°
165.28918°
Earth MOID0.434823 AU (65.0486 Gm)
Jupiter MOID3.54877 AU (530.888 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions560 m
0.5–0.05 (assumed)
19.7

2011 UN63, also written as 2011 UN63, is a Mars trojan, an asteroid orbiting near the L5 point of Mars (60 degrees behind Mars on its orbit).[2][3]

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  2. ^ de la Fuente Marcos, C.; de la Fuente Marcos, R. (April 2013). "Three new stable L5 Mars Trojans". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 432 (1): L31–L35. arXiv:1303.0124. Bibcode:2013MNRAS.432L..31D. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slt028.
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