(3623) Chaplin

Asteroid (3623) Chaplin
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family	Koronis family
Major semi-axis	2.8525 AU
eccentricity	0.0860
Perihelion - aphelion	2.6073 AU - 3.0978 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	3.0710 °
Length of the ascending node	118.2420 °
Argument of the periapsis	233.9246 °
Sidereal period	4.82 a
Mean orbital velocity	17.63 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter	approx. 10 km
Rotation period	8.361 h
Absolute brightness	12.1 mag
history
Explorer	LG Karachkina
Date of discovery	4th October 1981
Another name	1981 TG ₂ , 1952 VK, 1962 WT ₁ , 1971 UM ₄ , 1976 UG ₁ , 1983 CT ₁ , 1988 DY
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(3623) Chaplin is an asteroid of the main belt , which on October 4, 1981 by the Ukrainian-Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Georgievna Karatschkina at the branch Nautschnyj the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj was discovered.

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.

The asteroid was named after the British comedian , actor , director , screenwriter , editor , composer and film producer Charles Chaplin (1889–1977), who was one of the most influential comedians of the 20th century and in film history.

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