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Achilles comparison table |
Subject | is a kind of | is an instance of | has orbital period | has discovery date | has inclination | has semi-major axi | has definition | has asteroid number | has eccentricity |
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Trojan asteroid | asteroid | Asteroid located at the points of Jupiter's orbit around the Sun that are equidistant from the Sun and Jupiter. About 15 are now known. | |||||||
Achilles | Trojan asteroid | P = 11.98 yr | 1906 | i = 10°.3 | a = 5.2 AU | Trojan asteroid (60°) ahead of Jupiter. It was the first Trojan to be discovered. | 588 | e = 0.15 |
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