9713 Oceax

Oceax

Discovery
Discovered by	Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site	Palomar Observatory - San Diego, California
Discovery date	19 September 1973
Designations
MPC designation	9713
Alternative names	1973 SP1
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) 14, 2008
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	15507 days (42.46 yr)
Aphelion	5.4549013 AU (816.04162 Gm)
Perihelion	4.8994418 AU (732.94606 Gm)
Semi-major axis	5.177172 AU (774.4939 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.0536451
Orbital period	11.78 yr (4302.66 d)
Mean anomaly	104.25098°
Mean motion	0° 5^m 1.209^s / day
Inclination	4.157031°
Longitude of ascending node	155.99964°
Argument of perihelion	314.40946°
Earth MOID	3.91757 AU (586.060 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	0.241521 AU (36.1310 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	2.992
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.3

9713 Oceax (1973 SP1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on September 19, 1973, by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. 9713 Oceax orbits the sun at the L₄ Lagrangian point of Jupiter’s orbit.

References

1. "9713 Oceax (1973 SP1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 9713 Oceax

• 9713 Oceax at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters