12444 Prothoon
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Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
Discovery site | European Southern Observatory |
Discovery date | April 15, 1996 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 12444 |
Alternative names[1] | 1996 GE19 |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 5.6372886 |
Peri | 4.8800212 |
Eccentricity | 0.0720020 |
Orbital period | 4404.6400926 |
Mean anomaly | 305.39272 |
Inclination | 30.80626 |
Longitude of ascending node | 213.19461 |
Argument of peri | 64.51575 |
Geometric albedo | 0.0390 |
Absolute magnitude | 10.10 |
12444 Prothoon (1996 GE19) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on April 15, 1996 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.