Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker MPC designation 4832 Observation arc 10038 days (27.48 yr) Discovered 12 October 1988 Discoverer Carolyn S. Shoemaker Discovery site Palomar Observatory | Discovery date 12 October 1988 Alternative names 1988 TU1 Aphelion 6.0064 AU (898.54 Gm) Orbits Sun Named after Palinurus Asteroid group Jupiter trojan | |
Similar Sun, 5381 Sekhmet, 3554 Amun, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, 129P/Shoemaker–Levy | ||
4832 Palinurus (1988 TU1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on October 12, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Photometric observations of this asteroid during 2010 were used to build a light curve showing a rotation period of 5.319 ± 0.002 hours with a brightness variation of 0.09 ± 0.02 magnitude.
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