99950 Euchenor
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99950 Euchenor is a Trojan
asteroid
. It was discovered by the Palomar Observatory
on September 19, 1973. Its provisional designation was . It was named after Euchenor.
Trojan asteroid
The Jupiter Trojans, commonly called Trojans or Trojan asteroids, are a large group of objects that share the orbit of the planet Jupiter around the Sun. Relative to Jupiter, each Trojan librates around one of the planet's two Lagrangian points of stability, and , that respectively lie 60° ahead...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
. It was discovered by the Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, southeast of Pasadena's Mount Wilson Observatory, in the Palomar Mountain Range. At approximately elevation, it is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology...
on September 19, 1973. Its provisional designation was . It was named after Euchenor.
External links
- Citation for (99950)
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris