(3463) Kaokuen
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Asteroid (3463) Kaokuen |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hertha family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4471 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1344 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1181 AU - 2.7761 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.028 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,828 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.04 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Date of discovery | 3rd December 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 XJ 2 , 1954 WS, 1979 WP 3 |
| 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. | |
(3463) Kaokuen is an asteroid of the main belt , which on December 3, 1981 from Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.
The asteroid was named on May 3, 1996 after Charles Kuen Kao , who later won the Nobel Prize in Physics , and a pioneer in the field of fiber optics and telecommunications.