Discovery date 24 September 1960 Alternative names 4611 P-L, 1990 TD10 Orbital period 1,362 days Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory | MPC designation 9905 Tiziano Observation arc 19616 days (53.71 yr) Discovered 24 September 1960 Named after Titian Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels Aphelion 2.7166529 AU (406.40549 Gm) Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | ||
9905 Tiziano is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.73 years.
Discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates made by Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory with the Samuel Oschin telescope, it was given the provisional designation "4611 P-L". It was later renamed "Tiziano" after Renaissance painter Tiziano Vecellio.
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