(12609) Apollodorus

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Asteroid
(12609) Apollodoros
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  June 27, 2015 ( JD 2,457,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1186  AU
eccentricity 0.1846
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5430 AU - 3.6943 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.8766 °
Length of the ascending node 299.8757 °
Argument of the periapsis 32.2709 °
Sidereal period 5.51 a
Physical Properties
Rotation period 10.2715 h
Absolute brightness 14.1 mag
history
Explorer Cornelis Johannes van Houten ,
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld ,
Tom Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2155 PL , 1997 GY 11
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(12609) Apollodoros is an asteroid of the main belt , which was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery came about as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey , during which Tom Gehrels examined field plates recorded at the University of Leiden with the 120 cm Oschin Schmidt telescope of the Palomar observatory .

The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

(12609) Apollodoros was named after the Greek stoic and writer Apollodorus of Athens , whose work Χρονικά (Chronicle) in four books the history of the world from the capture of Troy to the year 119 BC. Includes.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (12609) Apollodoros in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).

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