Discovered by E. W. Elst Alternative names 1990 VL6 Aphelion 5.9194 AU (885.53 Gm) Discovered 15 November 1990 Orbits Sun MPC designation 11509 | Discovery date 15 November 1990 Observation arc 9654 days (26.43 yr) Perihelion 4.4412 AU (664.39 Gm) Absolute magnitude 10.1 Discoverer Eric Walter Elst | |
11509 Thersilochos (1990 VL6) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on November 15, 1990, by Belgian astronomer E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2010 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 17.367 ± 0.015 hours with a brightness variation of 0.27 ± 0.01 magnitude.
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