(3142) Kilopi
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Asteroid (3142) kilopi |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5545 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0867 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.333 AU - 2.776 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.172 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,083 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.64 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 8 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | André Patry |
| Date of discovery | January 9, 1937 |
| Another name | 1937 AC, 1978 EL 7 , 1982 BV 1 |
| 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. | |
(3142) Kilopi is an asteroid of the main belt , which on January 9, 1937 by the French astronomer André Patry in Nice was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is derived from the thousand times ( kilo ) of the circle number π ≈ 3.142.