Rhesus

(5191 T-3 )

NOW @ 28 PIS 54

Inclination: 12.808

Eccentricity: 0.131

Period: 11.718 years

AU 5.159

Type: 0009

Discovery Chart

16.10.1977 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1

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Named for the king of the Thracians and ally of the Trojans. He and his twelve companions were stealthily assassinated in their sleep by Odysseus and Diomedes {see, respectively, planets (1143) and (1437)}. (M 33389) _ _.

Discovered on 16-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
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