(3451) Mentor Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 19 April 1984 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Where Mentor is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mentor is 5.49 au from the Sun and 5.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3451 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 HA1 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 126 km (#139 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0440 |
| Rotation period | 7.70 hours |
| Spectral type | X |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.41 |
| Orbital period | 11.8 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 4.81 – 5.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0740 |
| Inclination | 24.6° |
| 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 19 April 1984
More named asteroids discovered by A. Mrkos
- (2199) Klet
- (2304) Slavia
- (2325) Chernykh
- (2367) Praha
- (2403) Sumava
- (2404) Antarctica
- (2552) Remek
- (2559) Svoboda
- (2747) Cesky Krumlov
- (2811) Stremchovi
- (2889) Brno
- (2936) Nechvile
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