14871 Pyramus
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| 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 |
| Alternative names | 1990 TH7 |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 4.0363 |
| Perihelion | 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 perihelion | 314.585 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.7 |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 11 January 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ↑ "(14871) Pyramus". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
- ↑ 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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