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15651 Tlepolemos (9612 P-L)
Classification: Jupiter Trojan          SPK-ID: 2015651
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .04017416341922916 4.5363e-08  
a 5.297249976052954 8.0572e-08 au
q 5.084437389842495 2.8476e-07 au
i 2.960408842758056 5.2833e-06 deg
node 45.32355433150131 9.3476e-05 deg
peri 29.77562346730554 0.00011801 deg
M 301.7683829290837 7.3193e-05 deg
tp 2459720.828300962256
(2022-May-21.32830096)		 0.00090812 TDB
period 4453.219769435664
12.19		 0.0001016
2.782e-07		 d
yr
n .08084038485386073 1.8444e-09 deg/d
Q 5.510062562263413 8.3809e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1407  
   data-arc span      24385 days (66.76 yr)  
   first obs. used      1954-02-10  
   last obs. used      2020-11-15  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .49451  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Dec-18 03:00:37  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 4.09982 au 
 Jupiter MOID = .0356115 au 
 T_jup = 2.996 
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2457018.5 (2014-Dec-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .04108222371718857 4.4772e-08  
q 5.065782900329817 2.8063e-07 au
tp 2455305.519837629761
(2010-Apr-19.01983763)		 0.00088361 TDB
node 45.33906072070758 9.34e-05 deg
peri 31.82794679274451 0.00011754 deg
i 2.964002009341931 5.2889e-06 deg
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1407  
   data-arc span      24385 days (66.76 yr)  
   first obs. used      1954-02-10  
   last obs. used      2020-11-15  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .49451  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Dec-18 03:00:37  

Additional Information
 Jupiter MOID = .0356115 au 
 T_jup = 2.996 
Orbit Covariance (6×6)
  e q tp node peri i
e 2.004490674417018E-15 -1.218587041967537E-14 -1.183668761521946E-11 -5.620399132848737E-15 -9.701377302024768E-13 -7.587983975034201E-17
q -1.218587041967537E-14 7.875211460309251E-14 6.741449860017594E-11 3.523874532339555E-14 5.72324790002395E-12 1.009914963527672E-15
tp -1.183668761521946E-11 6.741449860017594E-11 7.807611296204274E-7 3.956581252245208E-11 6.308097795921284E-8 7.746890511589877E-12
node -5.620399132848737E-15 3.523874532339555E-14 3.956581252245208E-11 8.723597284646477E-9 -8.708311437202593E-9 -1.727150623251734E-10
peri -9.701377302024768E-13 5.72324790002395E-12 6.308097795921284E-8 -8.708311437202593E-9 1.381559192483183E-8 1.731271745741899E-10
i -7.587983975034201E-17 1.009914963527672E-15 7.746890511589877E-12 -1.727150623251734E-10 1.731271745741899E-10 2.797267304589589E-11

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.3   n/a MPO337391  
diameter diameter 24.341 km 0.355 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[jupiter_trojans] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759...49G)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.099   0.021 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[jupiter_trojans] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759...49G)  

15651 Tlepolemos           Discovered 1960 Oct. 22 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels.
Tlepolemos was king of Rhodos, son of Heracles and was one of the first kings to join the army against Troy.
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Reference: 20010309/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2009-05-11

Alternate Designations
 9612 P-L = 1999 BW33 = 2000 ES7 
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