9817 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° | |
| 0° 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 | |
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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
- ↑ "9817 Thersander (6540 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel, Dictionary of minor planet names (Springer, 2003), 709.
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