11509 Thersilochos

Thersilochos
Discovery
Discovered by E. W. Elst
Discovery site European Southern Observatory
Discovery date 15 November 1990
Designations
MPC designation 11509
1990 VL6
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 9654 days (26.43 yr)
Aphelion 5.9194 AU (885.53 Gm)
Perihelion 4.4412 AU (664.39 Gm)
5.1803 AU (774.96 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.14267
11.79 yr (4306.58 d)
115.168°
0° 5m 0.935s / day
Inclination 18.502°
214.707°
128.875°
Earth MOID 3.47006 AU (519.114 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 0.0900853 AU (13.47657 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 2.878
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 57 km[2]
17.367 h (0.7236 d)
10.1,[2] 10.2[1]

    11509 Thersilochos (1990 VL6) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on November 15, 1990, by Belgian astronomer E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2010 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 17.367 ± 0.015 hours with a brightness variation of 0.27 ± 0.01 magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "11509 Thersilochos (1990 VL6)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 Mottola, Stefano; Di Martino, Mario; Erikson, Anders; Gonano-Beurer, Maria; Carbognani, Albino; Carsenty, Uri; Hahn, Gerhard; Schober, Hans-Josef; Lahulla, Felix; Delbò, Marco; Lagerkvist, Claes-Ingvar (May 2011). "Rotational Properties of Jupiter Trojans. I. Light Curves of 80 Objects". The Astronomical Journal 141 (5): 170. Bibcode:2011AJ....141..170M. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/5/170.

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