(55678) Lampos Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Lampos was one of the members of the Trojan senate.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lampos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lampos is 5.11 au from the Sun and 4.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 55678 |
| Provisional designation | 3291 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 17.6 km (#2,557 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.44 |
| Orbital period | 11.9 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.23 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.70 – 5.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.100 |
| Inclination | 7.39° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 3.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (5491) Kaulbach
- (5492) Thoma
- (5698) Nolde
- (6202) Georgemiley
- (6257) Thorvaldsen
- (6351) Neumann
- (6429) Brancusi
- (6674) Cezanne
- (6752) Ashley
- (7367) Giotto
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