(13463) Antiphos Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 25 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Antiphos was a friend of Telemachos and Odysseus and lived at Ithaca.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Antiphos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Antiphos is 5.23 au from the Sun and 6.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13463 |
| Provisional designation | 5159 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 25.3 km (#1,666 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.100 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.3 |
| Orbital period | 11.9 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 5.16 – 5.24 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00757 |
| Inclination | 10.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 4.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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