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Discovery[1] and designation
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| Discovered by | L.I. Chernykh | |||||||||
| Discovery date | October 8, 1969 | |||||||||
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Designations
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| Named after | Palermo | |||||||||
| Alternate name(s) | 1969 TM1, 1991 RS27[2] | |||||||||
| Epoch August 27, 2011 (JD 2455800.5) | ||||||||||
| Aphelion | 2.6942631 AU | |||||||||
| Perihelion | 2.0607877 AU | |||||||||
| Semi-major axis | 2.3775254 AU | |||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.1332216 | |||||||||
| Orbital period | 3.67 a (1339.017 d) | |||||||||
| Mean anomaly | 141.44839° | |||||||||
| Inclination | 7.42485° | |||||||||
| Longitude of ascending node | 40.23431° | |||||||||
| Argument of perihelion | 357.83458° | |||||||||
| Dimensions | ~6 km | |||||||||
| Surface temp. Kelvin Celsius |
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 | |||||||||
10001 Palermo is a main-belt asteroid. Discovered on October 8, 1969, it was named "Palermo" after Palermo, the capital of Sicily where Giuseppe Piazzi made the first discovery of an asteroid, 1 Ceres.[4] The naming was made in January 2001 to honour the discovery of Ceres, as that was the 200th anniversary of that discovery.[5]
The asteroid is about six kilometers in radius, although it may be irregularly shaped. It orbits the Sun every 3.67 years.
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