(55676) Klythios Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Klythios was one of the old Trojan heroes and a member of the senate.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klythios is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klythios is 5.40 au from the Sun and 4.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 55676 |
| Provisional designation | 3034 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 13.2 km (#3,667 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.177 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.57 |
| Orbital period | 12.0 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 5.02 – 5.44 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0396 |
| Inclination | 11.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 4.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 March 1971
- (5195) Kaendler
- (5491) Kaulbach
- (5492) Thoma
- (5698) Nolde
- (6202) Georgemiley
- (6257) Thorvaldsen
- (6351) Neumann
- (6429) Brancusi
- (6674) Cezanne
- (6752) Ashley
- (7367) Giotto
- (7908) Zwingli
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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