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
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)
2.6199911 AU (391.94509 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1805036
4.24 yr (1549.0 d)
27.949418°
 13m 56.675s / day
Inclination 13.385343°
13.617936°
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]
~0.01
Surface temp. min mean max
Kelvin
Celsius
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. 1 2 "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

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