(4754) Panthoos Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Where Panthoos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Panthoos is 5.29 au from the Sun and 4.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4754 |
| Provisional designation | 5010 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 53.0 km (#689 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0630 |
| Rotation period | 27.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.09 |
| Orbital period | 12.1 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 5.22 – 5.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0103 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 4.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 16 October 1977
- (3798) de Jager
- (3936) Elst
- (4044) Erikhog
- (4108) Rakos
- (4722) Agelaos
- (4753) Phidias
- (5610) Balster
- (5699) Munch
- (5700) Homerus
- (5984) Lysippus
- (6055) Brunelleschi
- (6056) Donatello
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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