1173 Anchises

1173 Anchises
1173 Anchises from Trojans.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Designation
Name	1173 Anchises
Reference body	Sun
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2009.46064339
Semimajor axis (a)	778417560353.55 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.1387273
Inclination (i)	6.91045° (0.1206101053 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	283.908209997508° (4.9551330379 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	324.319670001061° (5.6604460705 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	250.322379998373° (4.3689497224 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	63000 m
Mass	2×1018 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	41760 seconds (11.6 hours)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0
LAN	0
Note	*Elements given are from 1173 Anchises.cfg (Trojans.zip)

1173 Anchises (1906 TG) is a large Jupiter Trojan asteroid of the Greek camp (whose orbits lie in the L4 point 60° ahead of Jupiter. It was discovered by Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in February 1906 and was named after Achilles a hero in Homer's Iliad.

1173 Anchises in Orbiter

1173 Anchises was introduced to orbiter with the release of Trojans.zip add-on in June 2009.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 1173 Anchises
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

1173 Anchises at Wikipedia

Gallery

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  588 Achilles from Trojans.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
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  Shape model of 1173 Anchises from its light curve
  from Wikimedia Commons