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3063 Makhaon, the Glossary

3063 Makhaon is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately in diameter.^[1]

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Astronomical objects discovered in 1983
Discoveries by Lyudmila Karachkina

Absolute magnitude

In astronomy, absolute magnitude is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale.

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Akari (satellite)

AKARI (ASTRO-F) was an infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea.

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Albedo

Albedo is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body.

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Andrea Milani (mathematician)

Andrea Milani Comparetti (Florence, 19 June 1948 – Pisa, 28 November 2018) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer, based at the University of Pisa.

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Asclepius

Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός Asklēpiós; Aesculapius) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology.

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Asteroid

An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System.

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Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars.

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Asteroid family

An asteroid family is a population of asteroids that share similar proper orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination.

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Asteroid spectral types

An asteroid spectral type is assigned to asteroids based on their reflectance spectrum, color, and sometimes albedo.

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Astronomical unit

The astronomical unit (symbol: au, or AU) is a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to.

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C-type asteroid

C-type (carbonaceous) asteroids are the most common variety, forming around 75% of known asteroids.

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The Calar Alto Observatory (Centro Astronómico Hispano en Andalucía or "Spanish Astronomical Centre in Andalusia") is an astronomical observatory located in Almería province in Spain on Calar Alto, a mountain in the Sierra de Los Filabres subrange of the Sierra Nevada.

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Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO, obs. code: 095) is located at Nauchnij research campus, near the Central Crimean city of Bakhchysarai, on the Crimean peninsula.

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D-type asteroid

D-type asteroids have a very low albedo and a featureless reddish spectrum.

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Degree (angle)

A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle in which one full rotation is 360 degrees.

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Ecliptic

The ecliptic or ecliptic plane is the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun.

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Epione

In Greek mythology, Epione (soothing) is a minor health goddess, the wife of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing and medicine.

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Flora family

The Flora family (adj. Florian;; also known as the Ariadne family) is a prominent family of stony asteroids located in the inner region of the asteroid belt.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Hygieia

Hygieia is a goddess from Greek mythology (also referred to as: Hygiea or Hygeia;; Ὑγιεία or Ὑγεία, Hygēa or Hygīa).

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Iliad

The Iliad (Iliás,; " about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

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IRAS

The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (Dutch: Infrarood Astronomische Satelliet) (IRAS) was the first space telescope to perform a survey of the entire night sky at infrared wavelengths.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.

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Julian day

The Julian day is the continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian period, and is used primarily by astronomers, and in software for easily calculating elapsed days between two events (e.g. food production date and sell by date).

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Julian year (astronomy)

In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a or aj) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.

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Jupiter trojan

The Jupiter trojans, commonly called trojan asteroids or simply trojans, are a large group of asteroids that share the planet Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.

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La Silla Observatory

La Silla Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Chile with three telescopes built and operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

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Lagrange point

In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects under the gravitational influence of two massive orbiting bodies.

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Light curve

In astronomy, a light curve is a graph of the light intensity of a celestial object or region as a function of time, typically with the magnitude of light received on the y-axis and with time on the x-axis.

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List of Jupiter trojans (Greek camp)

This is a list of Jupiter trojans that lie in the Greek camp, an elongated curved region around the leading Lagrangian point, 60° ahead of Jupiter in its orbit. 3063 Makhaon and list of Jupiter trojans (Greek camp) are Jupiter trojans (Greek camp).

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List of minor planet discoverers

This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects).

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List of observatory codes

This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center.

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Lowell Observatory

Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States.

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Lyudmila Karachkina

Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina (Людмила Георгиевна Карачкина, born 3 September 1948, Rostov-on-Don) is an astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. 3063 Makhaon and Lyudmila Karachkina are Discoveries by Lyudmila Karachkina.

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Machaon (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Machaon (Macháōn) was a son of Asclepius; and the older brother of Podalirius.

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Meanings of minor planet names: 17001–18000

028 | 17028 Frankstadermann || || Frank J. Stadermann (1962–2010), a German-American scientist.

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Meanings of minor planet names: 7001–8000

013 | 7013 Trachet || || Tim Trachet (born 1958), Belgian journalist and science writer.

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Minor planet

According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet.

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Minor Planet Center

The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

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Observation arc

In observational astronomy, the observation arc (or arc length) of a Solar System body is the time period between its earliest and latest observations, used for tracing the body's path.

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Orbital eccentricity

In astrodynamics, the orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a dimensionless parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.

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Orbital inclination

Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body.

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Orbital resonance

In celestial mechanics, orbital resonance occurs when orbiting bodies exert regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually because their orbital periods are related by a ratio of small integers.

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Panacea

In Greek mythology and religion, Panacea (Greek Πανάκεια, Panakeia), a goddess of universal remedy, was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione.

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Photometry (astronomy)

In astronomy, photometry, from Greek photo- ("light") and -metry ("measure"), is a technique used in astronomy that is concerned with measuring the flux or intensity of light radiated by astronomical objects.

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Podalirius

In Greek mythology, Podalirius or Podaleirius or Podaleirios (Ποδαλείριος.) was a son of Asclepius.

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Precovery

In astronomy, precovery (short for pre-discovery recovery) is the process of finding the image of an object in images or photographic plates predating its discovery, typically for the purpose of calculating a more accurate orbit.

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Proper orbital elements

The proper orbital elements or proper elements of an orbit are constants of motion of an object in space that remain practically unchanged over an astronomically long timescale.

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Richard P. Binzel

Richard "Rick" P. Binzel (born 1958) is an American astronomer and professor of planetary sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Robert D. Stephens

Robert D. Stephens (born 1955) is an American amateur astronomer and a prolific photometrist of minor planets at the Center for Solar System Studies, Rancho Cucamonga in California, United States.

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Rotation period (astronomy)

In astronomy, the rotation period or spin period of a celestial object (e.g., star, planet, moon, asteroid) has two definitions.

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Semi-major and semi-minor axes

In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter: a line segment that runs through the center and both foci, with ends at the two most widely separated points of the perimeter.

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Trojan (celestial body)

In astronomy, a trojan is a small celestial body (mostly asteroids) that shares the orbit of a larger body, remaining in a stable orbit approximately 60° ahead of or behind the main body near one of its Lagrangian points and.

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Trojan War

The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the 12th or 13th century BC.

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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE, observatory code C51, Explorer 92 and MIDEX-6) is a NASA infrared astronomy space telescope in the Explorers Program launched in December 2009.

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Zoran Knežević (astronomer)

Zoran Knežević (Зоран Кнежевић, born 23 August 1949 in Osijek) is a Serbian astronomer, who has been publishing since 1982.

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1647 Menelaus

1647 Menelaus is a mid-sized Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately in diameter. 3063 Makhaon and 1647 Menelaus are Jupiter trojans (Greek camp), minor planet object articles (numbered) and named minor planets.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3063_Makhaon

, Rotation period (astronomy), Semi-major and semi-minor axes, Trojan (celestial body), Trojan War, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Zoran Knežević (astronomer), 1647 Menelaus.

3063 Makhaon, the Glossary

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See also

Astronomical objects discovered in 1983

Discoveries by Lyudmila Karachkina

References