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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:617Patroclus-Trojanszip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''617 Petroclus from ''Trojans.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1'''
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|617 Petroclus
 
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|[[Sun]]
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|2009.46064339
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|778417560353.55 m
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.1395242409075892
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|22.0468058769034° <br> (0.3847893521 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|44.3517600541835° <br> (0.7740842420 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|351.799701287534° <br> (6.1400630950 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|257.848801431457° <br> (4.5003105573 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|70500 m
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|1.3×10<sup>18</sup> kg
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotPeriod||align="right" width="30%"|46600 seconds (12.944 hours)
 
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|width="30%"|SidRotOffset||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|LAN||align="right" width="30%"|0
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from 617 Patroclus.cfg (Trojans.zip)
 
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'''617 Patroclus (1906 VY, 1941 XC, 1962 NB)''' is a large binary [[Jupiter]] Trojan asteroid of the [[w:List of Jupiter trojans (Trojan camp)|Greek camp]] (whose orbits lie in the L4 point 60° behind of Jupiter. It was discovered by [[w:August Kopff|August Kopff]] at the [[w:Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory|Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory]] in October 1906 and was named after a Greek hero of the Trojan War and was a character in the [[w:Iliad|Iliad]]. It is the only trojan in the Trojan camp named for a greek figure. Patroclus is one of the five trojans that is a target of the [[w:Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]] mission.
 
 
 
== 617 Patroclus in Orbiter ==
 
617 Patroclus was introduced to orbiter with the release of ''Trojans.zip'' add-on in June 2009, and is modeled as a contact binary in Trojans.zip.
 
 
 
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!Add-on!!Source!!Version!!Author!!Type!!Release Date!!Compatibility!!Wiki article
 
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|[https://www.orbiter-forum.com/resources/trojan-asteroids-v1-01.780/ Trojan Asteroids v1.01]||O-F Resources||v1.01||sputnik||Scenery||27 June 2009||||
 
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== See also ==
 
[[w:617 Patroclus|617 Patroclus]] at [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery widths="100" heights="100">
 
617Patroclus-Trojanszip-Orbiter2006P1.jpg|<center>617 Patroclus from ''Trojans.zip'' in Orbiter 2006P1</center>
 
617 Patroclus Hubble.jpg|center>617 Patoclus imaged by [[w:Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble]] in February 2018<br>from Wikimedia Commons</center>
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
{{SolarSystem}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Articles|Patroclus]]
 
[[Category:Celestial bodies|Patroclus]]
 
[[Category:Solar System|Patroclus]]
 
[[Category:Trojans|Patroclus]]
 

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