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Hektor (minor planet 624)
The largest of the Jupiter Trojans, discovered at the preceding (L4) Lagrangian point by the German astronomer August Kopff (1882-1960) in 1907. Hektor is highly elongated and may actually be two objects in contact that are rotating around a common center of mass. With a visual magnitude that reaches +14.5, it is the brightest of the Trojans.
| Diameter | 150 × 300 km |
| Spectral class | D |
| Rotational period | 6.93 hours |
| Semimajor axis | 5.172 AU |
| Perihelion | 5.05 AU |
| Aphelion | 5.29 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.02 |
| Inclination | 18.2° |
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