(4722) Agelaos Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Agelaos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Agelaos is 4.79 au from the Sun and 4.23 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4722 |
| Provisional designation | 4271 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 50.4 km (#742 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Rotation period | 18.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.12 |
| Orbital period | 11.8 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.61 – 5.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.112 |
| Inclination | 8.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 3.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (4754) Panthoos
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