9817 Thersander

Thersander
Discovery
Discovered by Palomar-Leiden survey
Discovery site Mt. Palomar
Discovery date 24 September 1960
Designations
MPC designation 9817
Named after
Thersander
6540 P-L, 1991 HV2, 1996 RB33
Jupiter Trojan
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 20215 days (55.35 yr)
Aphelion 5.4831744 AU (820.27121 Gm)
Perihelion 5.0642362 AU (757.59895 Gm)
5.2737053 AU (788.93508 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.03971954
12.11 yr (4423.56 d)
100.52345°
 4m 52.976s / day
Inclination 9.1667631°
24.364250°
83.091555°
Earth MOID 4.09616 AU (612.777 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 0.18974 AU (28.385 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 2.973
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 13-32 km
11.5

    9817 Thersander (6540 P-L) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on 24 September 1960, by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld at Palomar.[2]

    References

    1. "9817 Thersander (6540 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of minor planet names (Springer, 2003), 709.

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