6545 Leitus

6545 Leitus
Discovery[1]
Discovered byM. Antal
Discovery sitePiwnice Obs.
Discovery date5 October 1986
Designations
(6545) Leitus
Named after
Leitus
(Greek mythology)[1][2]
1986 TR6 · 1989 EY4
Jupiter trojan[1][3]
Greek[4] · background[5]
AdjectivesLeitian
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc29.75 yr (10,867 d)
Aphelion5.4068 AU
Perihelion4.8876 AU
5.1472 AU
Eccentricity0.0504
11.68 yr (4,265 d)
240.78°
0° 5m 3.84s / day
Inclination11.988°
278.02°
148.94°
Jupiter MOID0.1462 AU
TJupiter2.9540
Physical characteristics
50.95±0.57 km[6]
56.96±6.8 km[7]
16.26±0.01 h[8][a]
0.0545±0.016[7]
0.068±0.009[6]
D (Pan-STARRS)[9][10]
D (SDSS-MOC)[11]
B–V = 0.734±0.041[12]
V–R = 0.499±0.042[12]
V–I = 0.910±0.064[9]
10.0[6]
10.1[1][3][9]
10.26±0.25[10]

6545 Leitus, provisional designation: 1986 TR6, is a Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 5 October 1986, by Slovak astronomer Milan Antal at the Piwnice Astronomical Observatory in Poland.[1] The dark D-type asteroid has a rotation period of 16.3 hours and belongs to the 90 largest Jupiter trojans.[9] Numbered in 1995, it was named in 2021, after the Argonaut Leitus from Greek mythology, who fought in the Trojan War.[13]

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