9906 Tintoretto

9906 Tintoretto
Orbit of 9906 Tintoretto (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
Discovery and designation
Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels
Discovery date September 26, 1960
Designations
MPC designation 9906 Tintoretto
Named after Tintoretto
Alternate name(s) 6523 P-L, 1997 EP47
Epoch October 27, 2007
Ap 3.0900016 AU
Peri 2.1523338 AU
Semi-major axis 2.6211677 AU
Eccentricity 0.1788645
Orbital period 1550.0319307 d
Mean anomaly 50.62815°
Inclination 13.39043°
Longitude of ascending node 13.70038°
Argument of peri 326.47094°
Dimensions ~17.8 km[1]
Geometric albedo ~0.01
Surface temp.
   Kelvin
   Celsius
min mean max
Absolute magnitude (H) 13.2

9906 Tintoretto is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid[2] that orbits the Sun once every 4.24 years.[3]

Discovered on September 26, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates made by Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory with the Samuel Oschin telescope, it was given the provisional designation "6523 P-L". It was later renamed "Tintoretto" after Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti, who was known as "Tintoretto".[4]

References

  1. ^ Tedesco E.F., Noah P.V., Noah M., Price S.D.. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)". http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/123/2/1056/FP206.txt?request-id=ZkkEm1jA3BGTV3i82wi7Kg. 
  2. ^ Zappala, V., Ph. Bendjoya, A. Cellino, P. Farinella, and C. Froeschle (1997). "Asteroid Dynamical Families.". EAR-A-5-DDR-FAMILY-V4.1. NASA Planetary Data System. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/family.html. 
  3. ^ "9906 Tintoretto (6523 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA/JPL. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9906. Retrieved 2008-02-06. 
  4. ^ MPC 34356 Minor Planet Center