1208 Troilus
1208 Troilus is a large and notably inclined Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 31 December 1931, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany. The unusual F-type asteroid belongs to the largest Jupiter trojans and has a long rotation period of 56.2 hours. It was named after the Trojan prince Troilus, who was killed by Achilles.
Q8101032
Jupiter trojan
CEL
Q2357148
Trojan camp
UNK
Q77026
Karl Reinmuth
PER
Q27115
Heidelberg Observatory
LOC
Q1095693
F-type asteroid
Concept
None
largest Jupiter trojans
UNK
Q185981
rotation period
UNK
Q867342
Troilus
MISC
Q41746
Achilles
MISC
Q137005
1208 Troilus
CEL
1931-12-31T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
31 December 1931
DATE
+1208^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1208
NUMBER
+56.2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
56.2
NUMBER
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention
named after
killed by