624 Hektor

624 Hektor
624 Hektor from Trojans.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Designation
Name	624 Hektor
Reference body	Sun
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2009.46064339
Semimajor axis (a)	778417560353.55 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.02233231262098354
Inclination (i)	18.2° (0.3176499239 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	342.796163254785° (5.9829217120 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	525.881227992494° (9.1783589029 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	41.3810327349253° (0.7222352691 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	112000 m
Mass	1.4×1019 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	24915.6 seconds (6.921 hours)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0
LAN	0
Note	*Elements given are from 624 Hektor.cfg (Trojans.zip)

624 Hektor (1907 XM, 1948 VD) is the largest Jupiter Trojan asteroid and is a member of the Greek camp (whose orbits lie in the L4 point 60° ahead of Jupiter. It was discovered by August Kopff at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in February 1907 and was named after the Trojan hero Hector from Greek mythology. It is one of two trojans in the Greek camp named for a Trojan. Hektor also boasts a moon Skamandrios, but, it is not modeled in Orbiter.

624 Hektor in Orbiter

624 Hektor was introduced to orbiter with the release of Trojans.zip add-on in June 2009.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 624 Hektor
Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility	Wiki article
Trojan Asteroids v1.01	O-F Resources	v1.01	sputnik	Scenery	27 June 2009

See also

624 Hektor at Wikipedia

Gallery

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  588 Achilles from Trojans.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
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  624 Hector and its moon Skamandrios imaged by the Keck Obeservatory in July 2006
  from Wikimedia Commons