Discovered by Y. Oshima MPC designation (4715) 1989 TS1 Discovered 9 October 1989 Orbits Sun Discovery site Gekko Observatory | Discovery date 9 October 1989 Observation arc 61.62 yr (22,507 days) Absolute magnitude 9.3 Discoverer Yoshiaki Oshima Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | |
Alternative names 1989 TS1 · 1972 GL1
1983 DF Minor planet category Jupiter trojan
(Trojan camp) People also search for Sun, (9940) 1988 VM3, 5730 Yonosuke | ||
(4715) 1989 TS1 is a carbonaceous Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately 63 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 October 1989, by Japanese astronomer Yoshiaki Oshima at the Gekko Observatory in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1991 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 8.8129 ± 0.0025 hours with a brightness variation of 0.46 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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