772 Tanete is an asteroid from the asteroid belt. Since 2004 it has been observed in stellar occultation four times.[3] Its size is best described by an ellipsoid measuring 124.1±1.2 km x 116.1±1.2 km. Analysis of a light curve captured during 2014 shows a synodic rotation period of 17.258±0.001 h with an amplitude of 0.15 magnitude.[4]

772 Tanete
A multichord occultation by Tanete
Discovery
Discovered byA. Massinger
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date19 December 1913
Designations
(772) Tanete
Named after
Tanete, a place in Sulawesi[1]
1913 TR
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc101.93 yr (37230 d)
Aphelion3.2768 AU (490.20 Gm)
Perihelion2.7244 AU (407.56 Gm)
3.0006 AU (448.88 Gm)
Eccentricity0.092055
5.20 yr (1898.5 d)
163.71°
0° 11m 22.668s / day
Inclination28.854°
63.832°
146.061°
Earth MOID1.73811 AU (260.018 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.78259 AU (266.672 Gm)
TJupiter3.059
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
58.83±2 km
17.258 h (0.7191 d)
0.0594±0.004
8.33

In 1984, a fly-by of 772 Tanete was considered for a Mariner Mark II rendezvous mission with the short period comet 22P/Kopff.[5]

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References edit

  1. ^ (in Indonesian) http://langitselatan.com/2011/01/12/nama-nama-indonesia-pun-tertera-di-angkasa/
  2. ^ "772 Tanete (1913 TR)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Asteroid Data Sets". sbn.psi.edu. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  4. ^ Martinez, Luis E.; Ferrero, Andrea (October 2014), "An Updated Period Determination for 772 Tanete", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, 41 (4): 256–257, Bibcode:2014MPBu...41..256M.
  5. ^ Stetson, D.; et al. (August 1984), "The Mariner Mark II Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Flyby Mission", Astrodynamics Conference held 20 August 1984 - 22 August 1984 in Seattle, WA., p. 2016, doi:10.2514/6.1984-2016

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