(3899) Wichterle
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Asteroid (3899) Gnome |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.184 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1807 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.609 AU - 3.759 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.820 ° |
| Sidereal period | 2075 days (5.68 a ) |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (23.8 ± 1.8) km |
| Albedo | 0.10 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11.2 likes |
| Spectral class | ?-Type |
| history | |
| Explorer | M. Mahrova |
| Date of discovery | 17th September 1982 |
| Another name | 1987 OF 1 , 1985 FQ, 1984 CB, 1982 SN 1 , 1976 SZ, 1965 SQ, 1954 YN, 1953 RX, 1951 GL 1 , 1949 YW, 1949 YG, 1948 TF 2 |
| 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. | |
(3899) Wichterle is an asteroid of the main belt . It orbits the sun at a distance of 2.61 to 3.76 AU . Its orbit is 2.8 degrees inclined to the ecliptic . He doesn’t have an extraordinary path. It was discovered on September 17, 1982 by M. Mahrova at the Kleť Observatory .
In 1993 it was named after Otto Wichterle , the inventor of soft contact lenses.