Leucus

Leucus — asteroid, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Leucus in a live 3D Solar System. Follow its calculated motion and inspect real astronomical data, distances and orbital facts.

A dark Trojan asteroid that turns only once every 18½ days, one of the slowest spinners known. Lucy will fly past it in April 2028.

Diameter

~34 km

Discovered

1997 — Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program

Class

Jupiter Trojan — 60° ahead of Jupiter (L4)

Day

~446 hours — an extremely slow spin

Lucy flyby

April 2028

Shape

Illustrative; not a measured shape model

Explore Leucus in 3D

Cosmoscope places Leucus in the Solar System using astronomical ephemeris or orbital elements, updated for the simulation time. Explore its calculated motion, distance and orbital facts in the interactive 3D view. Accuracy depends on the orbital model and its valid time range.