4832 Palinurus
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 12 October 1988 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4832 |
Named after | Palinurus |
| 1988 TU1 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 10038 days (27.48 yr) |
| Aphelion | 6.0064 AU (898.54 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.5258 AU (677.05 Gm) |
| 5.2661 AU (787.80 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14059 |
| 12.08 yr (4414.01 d) | |
| 119.205° | |
| 0° 4m 53.612s / day | |
| Inclination | 19.065° |
| 135.124° | |
| 210.050° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.52948 AU (528.003 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.472293 AU (70.6540 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.871 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 65 km[2] |
| 5.319 h (0.2216 d) | |
| 9.8,[2] 10.0[1] | |
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4832 Palinurus (1988 TU1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 12, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2010 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 5.319 ± 0.002 hours with a brightness variation of 0.09 ± 0.02 magnitude.[2]
References
- 1 2 "4832 Palinurus (1988 TU1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Mottola, Stefano; Di Martino, Mario; Erikson, Anders; Gonano-Beurer, Maria; Carbognani, Albino; Carsenty, Uri; Hahn, Gerhard; Schober, Hans-Josef; Lahulla, Felix; Delbò, Marco; Lagerkvist, Claes-Ingvar (May 2011). "Rotational Properties of Jupiter Trojans. I. Light Curves of 80 Objects". The Astronomical Journal. 141 (5): 170. Bibcode:2011AJ....141..170M. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/5/170.
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