Discovery date 26 September 1960 Alternative names 6523 P-L, 1997 EP47 Discovered 26 September 1960 Named after Tintoretto Discovery site Palomar Observatory | MPC designation 9906 Tintoretto Observation arc 20201 days (55.31 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Eunomia family Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
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Discovered by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld & T. Gehrels Aphelion 3.0929089 AU (462.69259 Gm) Discoverers Tom Gehrels, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | ||
9906 Tintoretto is a mid-sized Eunomian asteroid that orbits the Sun once every 4.24 years.
Discovered on September 26, 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 "6523 P-L". It was later renamed "Tintoretto" after Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti, who was known as "Tintoretto".
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