(2920) Automedon Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 3 May 1981 by E. Bowell at Anderson Mesa.
Where Automedon is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Automedon is 5.20 au from the Sun and 6.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 2920 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 JR |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 88.6 km (#303 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Rotation period | 10.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.83 |
| Orbital period | 11.6 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.98 – 5.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0273 |
| Inclination | 21.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 3.99 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 3 May 1981
- (2411) Zellner
- (2685) Masursky
- (2844) Hess
- (3208) Lunn
- (3748) Tatum
- (3869) Norton
- (4396) Gressmann
- (4732) Froeschle
- (9000) Hal
More named asteroids discovered by E. Bowell
- (2246) Bowell
- (2264) Sabrina
- (2270) Yazhi
- (2316) Jo-Ann
- (2356) Hirons
- (2357) Phereclos
- (2383) Bradley
- (2409) Chapman
- (2410) Morrison
- (2411) Zellner
- (2421) Nininger
- (2432) Soomana
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