5120 Bitias
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. S. |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 13 October 1988 |
| Designations | |
| 5120 | |
| 1988 TZ1 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 10031 days (27.46 yr) |
| Aphelion | 5.8604 AU (876.70 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 4.6980 AU (702.81 Gm) |
| 5.2792 AU (789.76 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11009 |
| 12.13 yr (4430.51 d) | |
| 132.75° | |
| 0° 4m 52.518s / day | |
| Inclination | 24.990° |
| 295.883° | |
| 23.974° | |
| Earth MOID | 3.69505 AU (552.772 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.408711 AU (61.1423 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 2.800 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 75 km[2] |
| 15.21 h (0.634 d) | |
| 9.5,[2] 10.2[1] | |
5120 Bitias (1988 TZ1) is a Jupiter trojan. It was discovered on October 13, 1988 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.
Photometric observations of during 1994 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 11.582 ± 0.017 hours.[2]
References
- ^ a b "5120 Bitias (1988 TZ1)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ a b c Mottola, Stefano; Di Martino, Mario; Erikson, Anders; Gonano-Beurer, Maria; Carbognani, Albino; Carsenty, Uri; Hahn, Gerhard; Schober, Hans-Josef; Lahulla, Felix; Delbò, Marco; Lagerkvist, Claes-Ingvar (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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