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10247 Amphiaraos

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Discovery date
  
24 September 1960

Minor planet category
  
Jupiter Trojan

Discovered
  
24 September 1960

Discovery site
  
MPC designation
  
10247

Alternative names
  
6629 P-L, 1994 PT9

Observation arc
  
19996 days (54.75 yr)

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Discovered by
  
C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on plates taken by T. Gehrels

Aphelion
  
5.3034649 AU (793.38706 Gm)

Discoverers
  
Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld

Similar
  
911 Agamemnon, 588 Achilles, Sun, 3047 Goethe

10247 Amphiaraos (6629 P-L) is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960, by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels.

References

10247 Amphiaraos Wikipedia