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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19 March 2023.
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