772 Tanete

772 Tanete is an asteroid from the asteroid belt. Since 2004 it has been observed in stellar occultation four times.^[3] Its size is best described by an ellipsoid measuring 124.1±1.2 km x 116.1±1.2 km. Analysis of a light curve captured during 2014 shows a synodic rotation period of 17.258±0.001 h with an amplitude of 0.15 magnitude.^[4]

DiscoveredbyA. Massinger

DiscoverysiteHeidelberg Obs.

Discoverydate19 December 1913

MPCdesignation

(772) Tanete

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772 Tanete

A multichord occultation by Tanete
Discovery
Discovered by	A. Massinger
Discovery site	Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date	19 December 1913
Designations
MPC designation	(772) Tanete
Named after	Tanete, a place in Sulawesi[1]
Alternative designations	1913 TR
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	101.93 yr (37230 d)
Aphelion	3.2768 AU (490.20 Gm)
Perihelion	2.7244 AU (407.56 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.0006 AU (448.88 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.092055
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.20 yr (1898.5 d)
Mean anomaly	163.71°
Mean motion	0° 11m 22.668s / day
Inclination	28.854°
Longitude of ascending node	63.832°
Argument of perihelion	146.061°
Earth MOID	1.73811 AU (260.018 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.78259 AU (266.672 Gm)
TJupiter	3.059
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	58.83±2 km
Synodic rotation period	17.258 h (0.7191 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0594±0.004
Absolute magnitude (H)	8.33

Close

In 1984, a fly-by of 772 Tanete was considered for a Mariner Mark II rendezvous mission with the short period comet 22P/Kopff.^[5]