1868 Thersites
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Discovery[1] and designation
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| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
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Designations
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| Alternative names[1] | 2008 P-L |
| Minor planet category |
Jupiter Trojan |
| Epoch February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5) | |
| Aphelion | 881.325 Gm (5.891 AU) |
| Perihelion | 706.848 Gm (4.725 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 794.086 Gm (5.308 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Orbital period | 4466.958 d (12.23 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 12.89 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 339.901° |
| Inclination | 16.763° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 197.828° |
| Dimensions | ? km |
| Mass | ?×10? kg |
| Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity | ? m/s² |
| Equatorial escape velocity | ? km/s |
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| Axial tilt | ?° |
| Pole ecliptic latitude | ? |
| Pole ecliptic longitude | ? |
| Geometric albedo | 0.10 |
| Temperature | ~121 K |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Absolute magnitude | 9.3 |
1868 Thersites is a Jupiter trojan asteroid that orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Thersites, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels on September 24, 1960 in Palomar, California at the Palomar Observatory. 1869 Philoctetes was also discovered the same day by the same group.
[edit] External links
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
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