(12126) Chersidamas Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 7 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Chersidamas was a son of King Priam of Troy who was speared by Odysseus as described in Book XI of the Iliad.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #5, 21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chersidamas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chersidamas is 5.87 au from the Sun and 5.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12126 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RM11 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 53.2 km (#683 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0450 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.14 |
| Orbital period | 11.9 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.13 – 6.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.208 |
| Inclination | 2.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 3.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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