2759 Idomeneus
2759 Idomeneus is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 14 April 1980, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, in the United States, and later named after Idomeneus from Greek mythology. The D-type asteroid from the Jovian background population belongs to the 80 largest Jupiter trojans. It is a suspected binary system and potentially a slow rotator with a rotation period of 479 hours.
Q8101032
Jupiter trojan
CEL
Q2357068
Greek camp
UNK
Q358274
Edward Bowell
PER
Q2446595
Anderson Mesa Station
LOC
Q570434
Idomeneus
PER
Q1814074
D-type asteroid
Concept
None
80 largest Jupiter trojans
UNK
Q947662
binary system
DIS
Q27664618
slow rotator
UNK
Q185981
rotation period
UNK
Q150034
2759 Idomeneus
CEL
1980-04-14T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
14 April 1980
DATE
+2759^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2759
NUMBER
+80^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
80
NUMBER
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
named after
time of discovery or invention