9906 Tintoretto

9906 Tintoretto

Orbit of 9906 Tintoretto (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered by	C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels
Discovery date	26 September 1960
Designations
MPC designation	9906 Tintoretto
Named after	Tintoretto
Alternative names	6523 P-L, 1997 EP47
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	20201 days (55.31 yr)
Aphelion	3.0929089 AU (462.69259 Gm)
Perihelion	2.1470732 AU (321.19758 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.6199911 AU (391.94509 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1805036
Orbital period	4.24 yr (1549.0 d)
Mean anomaly	27.949418°
Mean motion	0° 13^m 56.675^s / day
Inclination	13.385343°
Longitude of ascending node	13.617936°
Argument of perihelion	326.23190°
Earth MOID	1.1512 AU (172.22 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.3581 AU (352.77 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.344
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	~17.8 km[2]
Geometric albedo	~0.01
Surface temp. min mean max Kelvin Celsius
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.2

9906 Tintoretto is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid^[3] that orbits the Sun once every 4.24 years.^[1]

Discovered on September 26, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates made by Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory with the Samuel Oschin telescope, it was given the provisional designation "6523 P-L". It was later renamed "Tintoretto" after Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti, who was known as "Tintoretto".^[4]

References

1. "9906 Tintoretto (6523 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
2. Tedesco E.F.; Noah P.V.; Noah M.; Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
3. Zappalà, Vincenzo; Bendjoya, Philippe; Cellino, Alberto; Farinella, Paolo; Froeschlé, Claude (1997). "Asteroid Dynamical Families.". EAR-A-5-DDR-FAMILY-V4.1. NASA Planetary Data System.
4. MPC 34356 Minor Planet Center

External links

• 9906 Tintoretto at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters