(4412) Chephren
Asteroid (4412) Khafre |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Themis family |
Major semi-axis | 3.1305 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1712 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5945 AU - 3.6666 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.177 ° |
Sidereal period | 5,539 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.83 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ? km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? |
Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
Date of discovery | September 26, 1960 |
Another name | 2535 PL, 1980 FB 5 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(4412) Chephren is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 26, 1960 by the research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The name of the asteroid is derived from the Egyptian pharaoh of the 4th dynasty Chephren .