9905 Tiziano

9905 Tiziano

Orbit of 9905 Tiziano (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels
Discovery date 24 September 1960
Designations
MPC designation 9905 Tiziano
Named after
 Titian
4611 P-L, 1990 TD10
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 19616 days (53.71 yr)
Aphelion 2.7166529 AU (406.40549 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0911212 AU (312.82728 Gm)
2.4038870 AU (359.61638 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1301084
3.73 yr (1361.3 d)
174.86123°
0° 15m 51.997s / day
Inclination 12.723120°
9.1435295°
130.61889°
Earth MOID 1.12396 AU (168.142 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.31968 AU (347.019 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.479
Physical characteristics
Surface temp. min mean max
Kelvin
Celsius
14.3

    9905 Tiziano is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.73 years.[1]

    Discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates made by Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory with the Samuel Oschin telescope, it was given the provisional designation "4611 P-L". It was later renamed "Tiziano" after Renaissance painter Tiziano Vecellio.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "9905 Tiziano (4611 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. ↑ MPC 34356 Minor Planet Center

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