(11251) Icarion Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 20 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Icarion was the son of Ebalus of Sparta. By the nymph Periboea Icarion was the father of Penelope.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Icarion is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Icarion is 5.17 au from the Sun and 6.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11251 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 SN1 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 22.0 km (#1,964 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 10.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.15 |
| Orbital period | 11.8 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 5.17 – 5.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00202 |
| Inclination | 4.20° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 4.16 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 September 1973
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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