6615 Plutarchos
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 17 October 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 6615 Plutarchos |
Named after | Plutarch |
| 9512 P-L; 1991 EW | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 54.93 yr (20,062 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.4441 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8950 AU |
| 2.1695 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1265 |
| 3.20 yr (1167.2 days) | |
| 186.56° | |
| Inclination | 1.7970° |
| 129.36° | |
| 81.250° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.8905 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.3247 h | |
| 14.6 mag | |
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6615 Plutarchos (9512 P-L) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. A moon was discovered from light curve observations[2]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6615 Plutarchos (9512 P-L)" (2015-09-21 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ Johnston, Robert. "(6615) Plutarchos". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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