2759 Idomeneus

2759 Idomeneus
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. Bowell
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date14 April 1980
Designations
(2759) Idomeneus
Pronunciation/aɪdəˈmiːniːəs/, /aɪˈdɒmɪnjuːs/[2]
Named after
Ἰδομενεύς [1]
(Greek mythology)
1980 GC
Jupiter trojan [1][3]
Greek [4] · background [5]
AdjectivesIdomene(i)an
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc62.21 yr (22,722 d)
Aphelion5.5279 AU
Perihelion4.8424 AU
5.1851 AU
Eccentricity0.0661
11.81 yr (4,313 d)
117.26°
0° 5m 0.6s / day
Inclination21.951°
171.22°
9.1353°
Jupiter MOID0.5555 AU
TJupiter2.8510
Physical characteristics
52.55±4.05 km[6]
53.68±0.67 km[7]
61.01±5.3 km[8]
32.38±0.1 h[9]
32.4±0.1 h[9]
479±5 h[a]
0.0571±0.011[8]
0.067±0.011[7]
0.078±0.012[6]
D (Pan-STARRS)[10]
D (SDSS-MOC)[11]
V–I = 0.910±0.054[12]
9.80[6]
9.9[1][3][7][12]
10.12±0.41[10]

2759 Idomeneus /aɪdəˈmiːniːəs/ is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 55 kilometers (34 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 14 April 1980, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, in the United States, and later named after Idomeneus from Greek mythology.[1] The D-type asteroid from the Jovian background population belongs to the 80 largest Jupiter trojans. It is a suspected binary system and potentially a slow rotator with a rotation period of 479 hours.[12]

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    Robert Palfrey Utter, 1918, Every-day pronunciation, p 127
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