(15651) Tlepolemos
Asteroid (15651) Tlepolemos |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Jupiter Trojan (L 4 ) |
Major semi-axis | 5.2762 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0420 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 5.0548 AU - 5.4975 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.9657 ° |
Sidereal period | 12.12 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 12.99 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 11.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | CJ van Houten , I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
Date of discovery | October 22, 1960 |
Another name | 9612 PL, 1999 BW 33 , 2000 ES 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. |
(15651) Tlepolemos 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 .
(15651) Tlepolemos was discovered on October 22, 1960 by the Dutch astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory . It is assigned to the Lagrangian point L 4 .
The asteroid is named after Tlepolemos , the son of Heracles and King of Rhodes .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Tlepolemos: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (15651) Tlepolemos in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (15651) Tlepolemos in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).