Asteroids with Satellites Database--Johnston's Archive

(17365) Thymbraeus

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 19 March 2023

--Orbital and physical data--

(See this page for definitions of quantities; source codes in brackets, see this link for full references; *A, *D, and *E indicate assumed, derived, and estimated values, respectively.)

dynamical type, primary: Jupiter trojan asteroid, L5


orbital data, primary (osculating elements) [JPL] :
semimajor axis a: 5.267589805 AU
orbital period P: 12.0899951 yr
(= 4415.870711 d)
eccentricity e: 0.078943378
perihelion distance q: 4.851748471 AU
aphelion distance Q: 5.683431138 AU
inclination i: 11.64651519°
argument of perihelion ω: 118.02665°
ascending node Ω: 252.1500939°
mean anomaly M: 44.03581687°
perihelion passage TP: 2012 Nov 28.8431
Epoch: 2014 May 23
data arc: 1954-2014 (680 obs.)
Earth MOID: 3.8706 AU
Jupiter Tisserand invariant TJ: 2.953


orbital data, secondary:
semimajor axis as: 58 km [*E]
separation/primary radius as/rp:3.4 [*E]
separation/Hill radius as/rH:0.0051 [*D]
orbital period Ps: 0.528 ± 0.0008 d [M07a]
eccentricity es: ?
normalized ang. mom. αL: ?

other data, system (combined):
absolute mag. H: 10.3 [MPC]
slope parameter G: (0.15) [*A]
effective diameter dE: 44.9 ± 0.53 km [G12d]
geometric albedo: 0.066 ± 0.009 [G12d]
color index U-B: ?
color index B-V: ?
taxonomic type: ?
mass m: 2.26x1016 kg [*D]
density ρ: 0.78 ± 0.07 g/cm3[M07a]
Hill radius rH: 11000 km [*D]

other data, primary:
diameter dp: 34.33 ± 0.41 km [*D]
rotation period RPp: 12.672 ± 0.019 h [M07a]
amplitude in mag., rotational ΔM: 0.98 ± 0.02 [M07a]
pole direction Β, λ: ? , ?


other data, secondary:
diameter ds: 28.94 ± 2.33 km [*D]
diameter ratio ds/dp: 0.843 ± 0.067 [M07a]
component mag. difference ΔM: 0.37 ± 0.17 [*D]
rotation period RPs: ?

-- (17365) Thymbraeus --discovery and notes:

Primary discovered 1978 Nov 07 from Palomar Observatory, California, USA by E. F. Helin and S. J. Bus. Alternate designation(s): 1978 VF11, 1998 MM49, 1999 RE121. Linked to prediscovery observations from 1954 Nov 23. Permanent number assigned 2000 Oct 13.

Named 2023 Feb 27 for the mythological son of Laocoon [WGSBN0303].

Companion discovered 2005 Apr 09 using lightcurve observations. Announced 2007 Jun 01.

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