Discovery date 17 October 1960 Alternative names 9512 P-L; 1991 EW Observation arc 20242 days (55.42 yr) Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory | MPC designation 6615 Plutarchos Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 17 October 1960 Named after Plutarch Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discovered by C. J. van Houten,
I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld People also search for Sun, 9511 Klingsor, 11767 Milne |
6615 Plutarchos (9512 P-L) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on October 17, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. A moon was discovered from light curve observations
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