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5028 Halaesus

Asteroid in the orbit of Jupiter

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	5028 Halaesus
background	#C2FFFF
discovery_ref
discoverer	C. Shoemaker
discovery_site	Palomar Obs.
discovered	23 January 1988
mpc_name	(5028) Halaesus
alt_names
adjective	Halaesian
pronounced
named_after	Halaesus
(Greek mythology)
mp_category	Jupiter trojan
Greekbackground
orbit_ref
epoch	31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	67.77 yr (24,753 d)
aphelion	5.9511 AU
perihelion	4.5716 AU
semimajor	5.2613 AU
eccentricity	0.1311
period	12.07 yr (4,408 d)
mean_anomaly	297.83°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	21.477°
asc_node	44.020°
arg_peri	11.475°
jupiter_moid	0.3898 AU
tisserand	2.844
mean_diameter
rotation
albedo
spectral_type	D Pan-STARRS
D (SDSS-MOC)
V–I
abs_magnitude	10.2

(Greek mythology) Greekbackground D (SDSS-MOC) V–I

5028 Halaesus is a Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 51 km in diameter. It was discovered on 23 January 1988 by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. The dark D-type asteroid has a rotation period of 24.9 hours and belongs to the 100 largest Jupiter trojans. It was named after Halaesus from Greek mythology.

Orbit and classification

Halaesus is a Jovian asteroid orbiting in the leading Greek camp at Jupiter's Lagrangian point, 60° ahead of its orbit in a 1:1 resonance . It is a non-family asteroid in the Jovian background population.

It orbits the Sun at a distance of 4.57–5.95 AU once every 12 years and 1 month (4,408 days; semi-major axis of 5.26 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 21° with respect to the ecliptic.

The asteroid was first observed as ** at CERGA Observatory in October 1985. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Palomar in January 1988.

Physical characteristics

In the SDSS-based taxonomy, Halaesus is a D-type asteroid. Pan-STARRS' survey also characterized it as a D-type, the most common spectral type among the Jupiter trojan population. It has a typical V–I color index of 0.90.

Rotation period

In September 1996, photometric observations of Halaesus were made by Italian astronomer Stefano Mottola, using the now decommissioned Bochum 0.61-metre Telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. The resulting rotational lightcurve showed a well-defined period of hours with a brightness variation of in magnitude ().

In August 2015, observations by the Kepler space telescope gave two period determinations of 25.052 and 29.95 hours with an amplitude of 0.23 and 0.19 magnitude, respectively ().

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Halaesus measures 50.77 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.057. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts an albedo of 0.057 and a diameter 50.77 of kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.2.

Naming

This minor planet was named from Greek mythology after Halaesus, a son of king Agamemnon, after whom the asteroid 911 Agamemnon is named. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 June 1993 (M.P.C. 22248).

References

Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''

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