1583 Antilochus
1583 Antilochus is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 19 September 1950, by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at Uccle Observatory in Belgium, and later named after the hero Antilochus from Greek mythology. The dark D-type asteroid belongs to the 20 largest Jupiter trojans and has a rotation period of 15.9 hours. It forms an asteroid pair with 3801 Thrasymedes.
Q8101032
Jupiter trojan
CEL
Q2357068
Greek camp
UNK
Q472608
Sylvain Arend
PER
Q1421339
Uccle Observatory
LOC
Q577552
Antilochus
PER
Q1814074
D-type asteroid
Concept
None
20 largest Jupiter trojans
UNK
Q185981
rotation period
UNK
Q152191
3801 Thrasymedes
CEL
Q141088
1583 Antilochus
CEL
1950-09-19T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
19 September 1950
DATE
3801-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
3801
DATE
+1583^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1583
NUMBER
+20^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
20
NUMBER
+15.9^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
15.9
NUMBER
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
named after
time of discovery or invention