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Trojan asteroid comparison table
Subject has shape has rotation period has diameter has orbital period has discovery date has obliquity has inclination has visual magnitude has albedo has semi-major axi has definition has asteroid number has eccentricity
Achilles   P = 11.98 yr1906 i = 10°.3  a = 5.2 AUTrojan asteroid (60°) ahead of Jupiter. It was the first Trojan to be discovered.588e = 0.15
Hektorelongated6.9225 hours100 km  large +14.5 (at mean opposition)0.28 Largest and brightest Trojan asteroid.624 
Patroclus   P = 11.82 yr  i = 22°.1  a = 5.19 AUTrojan asteroid (60°) behind Jupiter.617e = 0.14

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