11887 Echemmon

11887 Echemmon /ɪˈkɛmɒn/ is a Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately 31 kilometers (19 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 14 October 1990, by German astronomers Freimut Börngen and Lutz Schmadel at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, Germany.[1] The dark Jovian asteroid has a rotation period of 8.5 hours.[6] It was named after the Trojan hero Echemmon from Greek mythology.[1]

11887 Echemmon
Discovery [1]
Discovered byF. Börngen
L. D. Schmadel
Discovery siteKarl Schwarzschild Obs.
Discovery date14 October 1990
Designations
(11887) Echemmon
Pronunciation/ɪˈkɛmɒn/
Named after
Ἐχέμμων Echemmōn[1]
(Greek mythology)
1990 TV12 · 1989 SX13
Jupiter trojan [1][2]
Trojan [3] · background [4]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc63.26 yr (23,105 d)
Aphelion5.6556 AU
Perihelion4.7089 AU
5.1823 AU
Eccentricity0.0913
11.80 yr (4,309 d)
171.52°
0° 5m 0.6s / day
Inclination24.044°
242.65°
112.06°
Jupiter MOID0.0514 AU
TJupiter2.8190
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
31.19±0.49 km[5]
38.51 km (calculated)[6]
8.47±0.01 h[7][lower-alpha 1]
0.057 (assumed)[6]
0.095±0.008[5]
C (assumed)[6]
10.70[5]
10.8[1][2][6]

    Orbit and classification

    As all Jupiter trojans, Echemmon is 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 (see Trojans in astronomy).[3] It is also a non-family asteroid of the Jovian background population.[4]

    It orbits the Sun at a distance of 4.7–5.7 AU once every 11 years and 10 months (4,309 days; semi-major axis of 5.18 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 24° with respect to the ecliptic.[2]

    The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at the Palomar Observatory in November 1954, nearly 36 years prior to its official discovery observation at Tautenburg.[1]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named from Greek mythology after the Trojan prince Echemmon, one of the many sons of King Priam of Troy. He was slain together with his brother Chromius by Diomedes, king of Argos, during the Trojan War. The name was suggested by the first discoverer, Freimut Börngen, and published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 March 2001 (M.P.C. 42361).[8]

    Physical characteristics

    Echemmon is an assumed C-type asteroid, while most larger Jupiter trojans are D-types.[6]

    Rotation period

    In November 2013, a rotational lightcurve of Echemmon was obtained over three nights of photometric observations by Robert Stephens at the Center for Solar System Studies in Landers, California. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 8.47±0.01 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.15 magnitude (U=2).[7][lower-alpha 1]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Echemmon measures 31.19 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.095,[5] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for a carbonaceous asteroid of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 38.51 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.8.[6]

    Notes
    1. Lightcurve plots of (11887) Echemmon from Nov 2013 by Robert Stephens at the Center for Solar System Studies (U81). Quality code is 2- (lightcurve rating at CS3). Summary figures at the LCDB and CS3.

    References
    1. "11887 Echemmon (1990 TV12)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
    2. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 11887 Echemmon (1990 TV12)" (2018-02-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
    3. "List of Jupiter Trojans". Minor Planet Center. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
    4. "Asteroid (11887) Echemmon – Proper Elements". AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
    5. Grav, T.; Mainzer, A. K.; Bauer, J. M.; Masiero, J. R.; Nugent, C. R. (November 2012). "WISE/NEOWISE Observations of the Jovian Trojan Population: Taxonomy". The Astrophysical Journal. 759 (1): 10. arXiv:1209.1549. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759...49G. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/759/1/49. Retrieved 4 July 2018. (online catalog)
    6. "LCDB Data for (11887) Echemmon". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 4 July 2018.
    7. Stephens, Robert D.; French, Linda M.; Davitt, Chelsea; Coley, Daniel R. (April 2014). "At the Scaean Gates: Observations Jovian Trojan Asteroids, July- December 2013". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 41 (2): 95–100. Bibcode:2014MPBu...41...95S. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
    8. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

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