(15651) Tlepolemos Jupiter Trojan
Discovered on 22 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Tlepolemos was king of Rhodos, son of Heracles and was one of the first kings to join the army against Troy.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tlepolemos is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tlepolemos is 5.46 au from the Sun and 6.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15651 |
| Provisional designation | 9612 P-L |
| Orbit class | Jupiter Trojan |
| Diameter | 24.3 km (#1,742 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Rotation period | 5.82 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.47 |
| Orbital period | 12.3 years |
| Semi-major axis | 5.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 5.10 – 5.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0418 |
| Inclination | 2.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 4.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.