Discovery | |
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Discovery site | Purple Mountain Observatory |
Discovery date | 4 October 1977 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 2363 |
Named after
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Kebriones |
1977 TJ3 | |
Jupiter Trojan | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 62.57 yr (22852 days) |
Aphelion | 5.3827 AU (805.24 Gm) |
Perihelion | 5.0150 AU (750.23 Gm) |
5.19885 AU (777.737 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.035368 |
11.85 yr (4329.71 d) | |
211.004° | |
0° 4m 59.326s / day | |
Inclination | 32.134° |
211.755° | |
56.541° | |
Earth MOID | 4.05937 AU (607.273 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 0.333156 AU (49.8394 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.693 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 81.84 kilometres (50.85 mi) ± 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi) Mean diameter |
Mean radius
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40.92 ± 2.55 km |
20.081 ± 0.001 hours | |
0.0599 ± 0.008 | |
9.11, | |
2363 Cebriones (1977 TJ3) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 4, 1977 at Purple Mountain Observatory. This asteroid is named for Cebriones the charioteer of Hector.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 20.05 ± 0.04 hours with a brightness variation of 0.22 ± 0.01 magnitude.