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12444 Prothoon (1996 GE19)
Classification: Jupiter Trojan          SPK-ID: 2012444
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 32 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .0726232376612921 4.832e-08  
a 5.24131315347916 9.8281e-08 au
q 4.860672022676787 3.0405e-07 au
i 30.8332812900368 5.5594e-06 deg
node 213.2203890294743 8.9067e-06 deg
peri 65.13205753897303 5.135e-05 deg
M 305.7507349499714 5.6686e-05 deg
tp 2459660.965212124764
(2022-Mar-22.46521212)		 0.00070063 TDB
period 4382.870001015613
12.00		 0.00012328
3.375e-07		 d
yr
n .08213795981094116 2.3103e-09 deg/d
Q 5.621954284281533 1.0542e-07 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1641  
   data-arc span      8448 days (23.13 yr)  
   first obs. used      1996-03-24  
   last obs. used      2019-05-11  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .49402  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-May-30 02:02:27  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 3.94831 au 
 Jupiter MOID = .394264 au 
 T_jup = 2.712 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 9.9   n/a MPO473935  
diameter diameter 63.835 km 0.844 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[jupiter_trojans] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759...49G)  
rotation period rot_per 15.82 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[French, L.M.; Stephens, R.D.; Coley, D.R.; Megna, R.; Wasserman, L.H. (2012) Minor Planet Bull. 39, 183-187.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.052   0.008 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[jupiter_trojans] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759...49G)  

12444 Prothoon           Discovered 1996 Apr. 15 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.
Prothoon was a Trojan warrior who was killed by Teucer.
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Reference: 20030106/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2003-10-02
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