(13862) Elais Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 8 December 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Elais was a daughter of Anius with the power to change berries into olive oil. She and her two sisters, Oeno and Spermo, who had the power to make wine and wheat, helped stock Agamemnon’s fleet on their way to Troy and were turned into doves to escape being kidnapped by the Greeks.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #1, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Elais is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Elais is 5.51 au from the Sun and 6.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13862 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 XT160 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 24.8 km (#1,703 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0720 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.73 |
| Orbital period | 12.1 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.82 – 5.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0836 |
| Inclination | 8.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 3.84 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 December 1999
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