9713 Oceax

9713 Oceax
Oceax
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar Observatory - San Diego, California
Discovery date September 19th, 1973
Designations
MPC designation 9713
Alternate name(s) 1973 SP1
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 5.4823865
Peri 4.9110697
Eccentricity 0.0549689
Orbital period 4327.0650587
Mean anomaly 233.12535
Inclination 4.15334
Longitude of ascending node 156.02135
Argument of peri 311.32554
Absolute magnitude (H) 11.1

9713 Oceax (1973 SP1) is a Jupiter Trojan discovered on September 19th, 1973, by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. 9713 Oceax orbits the sun at the L4 Lagrangian point of Jupiter’s orbit.


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