(3463) Kaokuen
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.