588 Achilles

588 Achilles
588 Achilles from Trojans.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Designation
Name	588 Achilles
Reference body	Sun
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2009.46064339
Semimajor axis (a)	778417560353.55 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.147639983348638
Inclination (i)	10.320571817276° (0.1801279589 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	316.596696353196° (5.5256547523 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	align="right" width="30%"88.9409776078768° (1.5523128992 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	28.8973298203587° (0.5043535504 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	67740 m
Mass	2.6×1018 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	57600 seconds (16.0 hours)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0
LAN	0
Note	*Elements given are from 588 Achilles.cfg (Trojans.zip)

588 Achilles (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.

588 Achilles in Orbiter

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

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 588 Achilles
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

588 Achilles at Wikipedia

Gallery

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  588 Achilles from Trojans.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
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  ,center>588 Achilles modelled from its light curve
  from Wikimedia Commons