(15913) Telemachus
Asteroid (15913) Telemachus |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
Major semi-axis | 5,1981 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0601 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 4.8856 AU - 5.5107 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.2522 ° |
Sidereal period | 11.85 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 13.05 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey |
Date of discovery | October 1, 1997 |
Another name | 1997 TZ 27 , 1996 RY 29 , 1998 WQ 10 , 2000 AY 7 |
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. |
(15913) Telemachus is an asteroid belonging to the group of Jupiter Trojans . This describes asteroids that move around the sun on the Lagrange points on Jupiter's orbit .
(15913) Telemachus was discovered on October 1, 1997 during the Uppsala-DLR Trojan Survey at the European Southern Observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid is named after the mythological figure of Telemachus , the son of Odysseus .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Telemachus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (15913) Telemachus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (15913) Telemachus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).