1868 Thersites

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1868 Thersites
Discovery[1] and designation
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery date September 24, 1960
Designations
Alternative names[1] 2008 P-L
Minor planet
category
Jupiter Trojan
Epoch February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
Aphelion 881.325 Gm (5.891 AU)
Perihelion 706.848 Gm (4.725 AU)
Semi-major axis 794.086 Gm (5.308 AU)
Eccentricity 0.110
Orbital period 4466.958 d (12.23 a)
Average orbital speed 12.89 km/s
Mean anomaly 339.901°
Inclination 16.763°
Longitude of ascending node 197.828°
Dimensions ? km
Mass ?×10? kg
Mean density ? g/cm³
Equatorial surface gravity ? m/s²
Equatorial escape velocity ? km/s
Sidereal rotation
period
? d
Axial tilt
Pole ecliptic latitude ?
Pole ecliptic longitude ?
Geometric albedo 0.10
Temperature ~121 K
Spectral type ?
Absolute magnitude 9.3

1868 Thersites is a Jupiter trojan asteroid that orbits in the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Jupiter system, in the "Greek Camp" of Trojan asteroids. It was named after the Greek hero Thersites, who fought during the Trojan War. It was discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels on September 24, 1960 in Palomar, California at the Palomar Observatory. 1869 Philoctetes was also discovered the same day by the same group.

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