5120 Bitias
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. S. |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | October 13, 1988 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5120 |
| Alternative names | 1988 TZ1 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.876 |
| Perihelion | 4.699 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1112 |
| Orbital period | 4440.713 |
| Mean anomaly | 265.843 |
| Inclination | 24.982 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 295.885 |
| Argument of perihelion | 23.200 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 75[1] km |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.5[1] |
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5120 Bitias (1988 TZ1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 13, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 11.582 ± 0.017 hours.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mottola, S. et al. (May 2011). "Rotational Properties of Jupiter Trojans. I. Light Curves of 80 Objects". The Astronomical Journal 141 (5): 170. Bibcode:2011AJ....141..170M. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/5/170.
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