5370 Taranis
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| Discovery[1] | |
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| Discovered by | Alain Maury |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | September 02, 1986 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5370 |
| Named after | Taranis |
| Alternative names | 1986 RA |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 5.4547 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.2213 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 3.33801 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.634126 |
| Orbital period | 2227.56 d |
| Mean anomaly | 229.291° |
| Inclination | 19.08° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 177.84° |
| Argument of perihelion | 161.19° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.7 |
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5370 Taranis (1986 RA) is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 2, 1986 by Alain Maury at Palomar.[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 (5001)-(10000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ↑ "(5370) Taranis". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved 10 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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