14871 Pyramus

Pyramus
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Lutz D. Schmadel and Freimut Börngen
Discovery site Tautenburg
Discovery date October 13, 1990
Designations
MPC designation 14871
Named after Pyramus
Alternate name(s) 1990 TH7
Epoch November 30, 2008
Ap 4.0363
Peri 2.547
Semi-major axis 3.29166
Eccentricity 0.226234
Orbital period 2181.33
Mean anomaly 66.212
Inclination 0.995
Longitude of ascending node 5.942
Argument of peri 314.585
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H) 13.7

14871 Pyramus (1990 TH7) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on October 13, 1990 by Lutz D. Schmadel and Freimut Börngen at Tautenburg.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs010001.html. Retrieved 8 December 2008. 
  2. ^ "(14871) Pyramus". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.0&n=14871. Retrieved 9 December 2008. 
  3. ^ Roig et al.; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S. (2002). "Asteroids in the 2 : 1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (2): 417–431. Bibcode 2002MNRAS.335..417R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x. 

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