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5652 Amphimachus

Trojan asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	5652 Amphimachus
background	#C2FFFF
discovery_ref
discoverer	C. Shoemaker
E. M. Shoemaker
discovery_site	Palomar Obs.
discovered	24 April 1992
mpc_name	(5652) Amphimachus
alt_names

adjective	Amphimachian
pronounced
named_after	Amphimachus
(Greek mythology)
mp_category	Jupiter trojan
Greekbackground
orbit_ref
epoch	23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	63.10 yr (23,046 d)
aphelion	5.6054 AU
perihelion	4.8143 AU
semimajor	5.2099 AU
eccentricity	0.0759
period	11.89 yr (4,343 d)
mean_anomaly	262.82°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	1.8988°
asc_node	281.63°
arg_peri	107.94°
jupiter_moid	0.0902 AU
tisserand	2.9930
mean_diameter

rotation
albedo

spectral_type	C (assumed)
V–I
abs_magnitude	9.80
10.0
10.1

E. M. Shoemaker

(Greek mythology) Greekbackground

V–I
10.0 10.1

5652 Amphimachus is a Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 53 km in diameter. It was discovered on 24 April 1992, by American astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. The dark Jovian asteroid belongs to the 80 largest Jupiter trojans and has a rotation period of 8.4 hours. It was named from Greek mythology after Amphimachus, who was slain by Hector .

Orbit and classification

Amphimachus is a dark Jovian asteroid orbiting in the leading Greek camp at Jupiter's Lagrangian point, 60° ahead of the Gas Giant's orbit in a 1:1 resonance (see Trojans in astronomy). It is also a non-family asteroid in the Jovian background population.

It orbits the Sun at a distance of 4.8–5.6 AU once every 11 years and 11 months (4,343 days; semi-major axis of 5.21 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with a precovery at Palomar in April 1955, or 37 years prior to its official discovery observation.

Physical characteristics

Amphimachus is an assumed C-type asteroid. It has a high V–I color index of 1.05.

Rotation period

In August 2015, two rotational lightcurves of Amphimachus were obtained from photometric observations by the Kepler space telescope. Best-rated lightcurve analysis by Gyula M. Szabó gave a rotation period of hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.22 magnitude (). The second, concurring observation gave a period of 8.39 hours and an amplitude of 0.20 magnitude ().

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Amphimachus measures between 52.48 and 53.921 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.061 and 0.077.

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 53.16 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.1.

Naming

This minor planet was named from Greek mythology after Amphimachus, son of Cteatus (Kteatos) and suitor of Helen of Troy. Amphimachus was a leader of the Elean (Epeian) contingent in the Trojan War. He was accidentally killed by Hector, who had thrown a spear at Teucer. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 12 July 1995 (M.P.C. 25444).

References

Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''

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