(1868) Thersites
Asteroid (1868) Thersites |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
Major semi-axis | 5.3202 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1085 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 4.7429 AU - 5.8974 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.7533 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 197.8412
<Peri angle = 170.0013 ° |
Sidereal period | 12.27 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 12.92 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 10.416 h |
Absolute brightness | 9.6 likes |
history | |
Explorer | CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
Another name | 2008 PL , 1972 RB 2 |
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. |
(1868) Thersites 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 .
(1868) Thersites was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld . The discovery was made 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 ( IAU code 675) . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid was named after Thersites , a legendary figure of the Trojan War.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Thersites: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (1868) Thersites in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (1868) Thersites in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).