(8241) Agrius Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 19 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named after Agrius, a Greek from Aetolia and father of Thersites. Thersites was the ugliest Greek in Troy.Naming citation (19981005/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Agrius is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Agrius is 5.13 au from the Sun and 6.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8241 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 SE1 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 27.2 km (#1,532 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Rotation period | 17.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.32 |
| Orbital period | 11.8 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.96 – 5.38 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0414 |
| Inclination | 4.34° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 3.94 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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