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32532 Thereus

Centaur

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	32532 Thereus
symbol	[[File:Thereus arrow symbol (bold).svg	24px]] (astrological)
background	#C7FF8F
image	Орбита астероида 32532.png
discovery_ref
discoverer	NEAT
discovery_site	Palomar Obs.
discovered	9 August 2001
mpc_name	(32532) Thereus
alt_names

pronounced
named_after	θήρειος βία thēreios bia
mp_category	centaurdistant
orbit_ref
epoch	4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
uncertainty	1
observation_arc	21.57 yr (7,879 days)
aphelion	12.745 AU
perihelion	8.5345 AU
semimajor	10.640 AU
eccentricity	0.1979
period	34.70 yr (12,676 days)
mean_anomaly	192.91°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	20.353°
asc_node	205.33°
arg_peri	86.322°
mean_diameter
77.19 km (derived)
km
km
rotation
h
h
h
h
albedo	0.057 (assumed)

spectral_type	BR
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abs_magnitude	9.19.299.329.36 (R)

77.19 km (derived) km km h h h h

B–V = B–V = B–V = V–R = V–R = V–I = V–I = V–I =

32532 Thereus (; provisional designation ****) is a centaur from the outer Solar System, approximately 80 km in diameter. It was discovered on 9 August 2001, by astronomers of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States. This minor planet was named for the phrase thēreios bia 'beastly strength', used to describe centaurs in Greek mythology.

Orbit and classification

Thereus orbits the Sun at a distance of 8.5–12.7 AU once every 34 years and 8 months (12,676 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 20° with respect to the ecliptic.

The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak Observatory in June 1995, more than 6 years prior to its official discovery observation by NEAT at Palomar.

Naming

This minor planet was named after Thereus, a centaur from Greek mythology. He is described as a hunter who captured bears and carried them home, alive and struggling. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 14 June 2003 (M.P.C. 49102).

Physical characteristics

Rotation period

Since the early 2000s, several rotational lightcurves of Thereus were obtained from photometric observations with a period between 8.30 and 8.3386 hours. Analysis of the consolidated, best-rated lightcurve gave a rotation period of 8.335 hours and a brightness amplitude of 0.38 magnitude ().

Diameter and albedo

According to observations made by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, ESA's Herschel Space Observatory with its PACS instrument, and the Spitzer Space Telescope, Thereus measures between 62 and 86.5 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.059 and 0.0975.

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous minor planets of 0.057 and derives a diameter of 77.19 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 9.29.

References

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