1869 Philoctetes

1869 Philoctetes
1869 Philoctetes from Trojans.zip in Orbiter 2006P1
Designation
Name	1869 Philoctetes
Reference body	Sun
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2009.46064339
Semimajor axis (a)	778417560353.55 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.0669389
Inclination (i)	3.96795000260644° (0.0692537921 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	44.1067600007486° (0.7698081844 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	8.3215899999407° (0.1452391445 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	5.80464000040315° (0.1013100799 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	25000 m
Mass	8.4×1015 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	24915.6 seconds (6.921 hours)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0
LAN	0
Note	*Elements given are from 1869 Philoctetes.cfg (Trojans.zip)

1869 Philoctetes (4596 P-L) is Jupiter Trojan asteroid of the Greek camp (whose orbits lie in the L4 point 60° ahead of Jupiter. It was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and his team at the Palomar Observatory in February 1906 and was named after Philoctetes from Greek mythology.

1869 Philoctetes in Orbiter

1869 Philoctetes was introduced to orbiter with the release of Trojans.zip add-on in June 2009.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include 1869 Philoctetes
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

1869 Philoctetes at Wikipedia

Gallery

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  588 Achilles from Trojans.zip in Orbiter 2006P1