10828 Tomjones
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Spacewatch |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak |
| Discovery date | October 8, 1993 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 10828 |
| Alternative names | 1993 TE5 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.6968189 |
| Perihelion | 1.6999475 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2267283 |
| Orbital period | 1190.5661522 |
| Mean anomaly | 215.55314 |
| Inclination | 2.96522 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 280.70341 |
| Argument of perihelion | 46.39486 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.4 |
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10828 Tomjones (1993 TE5) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1993 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. The asteroid is named for Thomas David Jones, NASA astronaut and planetary scientist.[1]
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved 25 December 2008.
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