Monday 25 April 2016

(5731) Zeus, sharp and pointy objects, with high penetration capacity

(5731) Zeus is an apollo asteroid discovered in November of 1988. There are prediscovery images back to October-September of 1988.

The orbit is located between the zone of orbital piercing from Venus toward the Earth-Moon system, and the Cybele zone. It has a perihelion of 0.78 AU and an aphelion of 3.74 AU. The semimajor axis is at 2.26 AU. It has an orbital period of 3 years and 149 days. It has an inclination of 11.4º.


Orbital resonance:
11:20 with Mars (99.7%)
5:17 with Earth-Moon (99.7%)
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18:11 with Hygiea (99.9%)
8:5 with Europa (99.8%)
19:10 with Sylvia (99.8%)
11:7 with Interamnia (99.7%)



Mitología Griega

Zeus was represented in two different ways in the classical Greek era:
  1. Sitting majestically on his throne.
  2. Standing, striding forward, with a lightning bolt in his raised right hand.

(5731) Zeus is related with sharp and pointy objects, with high penetration capacity.

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