1208 Troilus
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| 1208 Troilus | |
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| 1208 Troilus from Trojans.zip in Orbiter 2006P1 | |
| Designation | |
| Name | 1208 Troilus |
| Reference body | Sun |
| Planetary mean orbits | |
| Epoch | 2009.46064339 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 778417560353.55 m |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.0918311 |
| Inclination (i) | 33.5602299984773° (0.5857365112 radian) |
| Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊) | 48.556270000725° (0.8474667840 radian) |
| Longitude of periapsis (ϖ) | 343.449959997546° (5.9943326178 radian) |
| Mean longitude (L) | 270.784429997931° (4.7260798666 radian) |
| Selected physical parameters | |
| Mean radius | 51400 m |
| Mass | 1.2×1018 kg |
| Rotation elements | |
| SidRotPeriod | 91760 seconds (25.489 hours) |
| SidRotOffset | 0 |
| Obliqutiy | 0 |
| LAN | 0 |
| Note | *Elements given are from 1208 Troilus.cfg (Trojans.zip) |
1208 Troilus (1931 YA, 1965 WK) is a large Jupiter Trojan asteroid of the Trojan camp (whose orbits lie in the L5 point 60° behind Jupiter. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in December 1931 and was named after Troilus a Trojan prince who was killed by Achilles.
1208 Troilus in Orbiter
1208 Troilus was introduced to orbiter with the release of Trojans.zip add-on in June 2009.
| Add-on | Source | Version | Author | Type | Release Date | Compatibility | Wiki article |
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| Trojan Asteroids v1.01 | O-F Resources | v1.01 | sputnik | Scenery | 27 June 2009 | ||
See also
Gallery
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588 Achilles from Trojans.zip in Orbiter 2006P1 -
Hubble image of Troilus in October 2012
from Wikimedia Commons
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