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5119 Imbrius
5119 Imbrius, provisional designation: 1988 RA1, is a Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately 49 kilometers (30 mi) in diameter. It was discovered on 8 September 1988 by Danish astronomer Poul Jensen at the Brorfelde Observatory near Holbæk, Denmark.[1] The dark Jovian asteroid has a rotation period of 12.8 hours.[9] It was numbered in March 1992, and named from Greek mythology after Imbrius, who was killed by Greek archer Teucer during the Trojan War.[11] DiscoveryOn the night this minor planet was discovered at Brorfelde Observatory, Poul Jensen also discovered the Jupiter trojan (6002) 1988 RO,[12] the 12-kilometer size main-belt asteroid (9840) 1988 RQ2,[13] as well as (12689) 1988 RO2, (14364) 1988 RM2, (14837) 1988 RN2, and (24664) 1988 RB1, all main-belt asteroids of inner, middle and outer region of the asteroid belt, respectively. A first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in December 1954, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 34 years prior to its discovery.[1] Orbit and classificationImbrius is a dark Jovian asteroid in a 1:1 orbital resonance with Jupiter. It is located in the trailering Trojan camp at the Gas Giant's L5 Lagrangian point, 60° behind its orbit . It is also a non-family asteroid of the Jovian background population.[5] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 4.6–5.8 AU once every 11 years and 10 months (4,333 days; semi-major axis of 5.2 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.11 and an inclination of 16° with respect to the ecliptic.[3] Numbering and namingThis minor planet was numbered on 18 March 1992 (M.P.C. 19840).[11] On 29 November 2021, IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature named it from Greek mythology after Imbrius, son of Mentor and husband of King Priam's daughter Medesicaste. Imbrius was killed by the Greek archer Teucer during the Trojan War.[1][2] Physical characteristicsImbrius is an assumed, carbonaceous C-type asteroid, while most larger Jupiter trojans are D-types. It has a typical V–I color index of 0.97.[9] LightcurveIn February 1994, Imbrius was observed by Stefano Mottola and Anders Erikson at La Silla Observatory in Chile, using the ESO 1-metre telescope and its DLR MkII CCD-camera. The photometric observations were used to build a lightcurve showing a rotation period of 12.807±0.016 hours with a brightness variation of 0.31±0.01 magnitude (U=2+).[8] Diameter and albedoAccording to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the Trojan asteroid measures 49.25 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a low albedo of 0.061,[7] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous asteroid of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 48.48 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.3.[9]
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