4902 Thessandrus

Thessandrus
Discovery
Discovered by	C. S. Shoemaker
Discovery site	Palomar
Discovery date	9 January 1989
Designations
MPC designation	4902
Alternative names	1989 AN2
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	22637 days (61.98 yr)
Aphelion	5.4241737 AU (811.44484 Gm)
Perihelion	4.9853063 AU (745.79121 Gm)
Semi-major axis	5.204740 AU (778.6180 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.0421604
Orbital period	11.87 yr (4337.08 d)
Mean anomaly	136.74743°
Mean motion	0° 4^m 58.819^s / day
Inclination	9.073037°
Longitude of ascending node	170.32166°
Argument of perihelion	271.58668°
Earth MOID	4.01588 AU (600.767 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	0.200888 AU (30.0524 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	2.973
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	738 h (30.8 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.8^[1]

4902 Thessandrus (1989 AN2) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on January 9, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar. It is notable for potentially taking 738 hours to rotate.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 4902 Thessandrus". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

External links

4902 Thessandrus at the JPL Small-Body Database

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