6615 Plutarchos
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 17 October 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 6615 Plutarchos |
Named after | Plutarch |
| 9512 P-L; 1991 EW | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 20242 days (55.42 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.4442 AU (365.65 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8947 AU (283.44 Gm) |
| 2.1695 AU (324.55 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.12665 |
| 3.20 yr (1167.2 d) | |
| 248.26° | |
| 0° 18m 30.384s / day | |
| Inclination | 1.7970° |
| 129.37° | |
| 81.246° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.889666 AU (133.0921 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.51727 AU (376.578 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.679 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.3247 h (0.09686 d) | |
| 14.7 | |
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6615 Plutarchos (9512 P-L) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. A moon was discovered from light curve observations[2]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6615 Plutarchos (9512 P-L)" (2015-09-21 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Johnston, Robert. "(6615) Plutarchos". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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