3548 Eurybates

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3548 Eurybates is a C/P-type Jupiter L4 trojan asteroid approximately 68 km in diameter. It is a target to be visited by the Lucy mission in August 2027. This asteroid belongs to the 60 largest Jupiter trojans and has a rotation period of 8.7 hours. Eurybates has one known satellite, named Queta, that was discovered in images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in Sept 2018.

Artist's impression of Eurybates and Queta (not to scale). It's true appearances are still unknown

Eurybates and Queta - size comparison

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