8116 Jeanperrin

Jeanperrin
Discovery
Discovered by E. W. Elst
Discovery site European Southern Observatory
Discovery date 17 April 1996
Designations
MPC designation (8116) Jeanperrin
Named after
Jean Baptiste Perrin
1996 HA15
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 10342 days (28.31 yr)
Aphelion 2.6072395 AU (390.03748 Gm)
Perihelion 1.8939342 AU (283.32852 Gm)
2.250587 AU (336.6830 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1584710
3.38 yr (1233.2 d)
163.2270°
 17m 30.904s / day
Inclination 5.431509°
48.98623°
320.77654°
Earth MOID 0.895815 AU (134.0120 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.85214 AU (426.674 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.605
Physical characteristics
3.61692 h (0.150705 d)
13.8

    8116 Jeanperrin (1996 HA15) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on 17 April 1996 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory. A moon was discovered orbiting it in 2007.[2]

    References

    1. "8116 Jeanperrin (1996 HA15)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. Johnston, Robert. "(8116) Jeanperrin". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 29 May 2015.


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