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Hektor comparison table |
Subject | has shape | has rotation period | is a kind of | is an instance of | has diameter | has obliquity | has visual magnitude | has albedo | has definition | has asteroid number |
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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. | ||||||||
Hektor | elongated | 6.9225 hours | Trojan asteroid | 100 km | large | +14.5 (at mean opposition) | 0.28 | Largest and brightest Trojan asteroid. | 624 |
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