(4047) Chang'E
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Asteroid (4047) Chang'E |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6182 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2075 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0748 AU - 3.1615 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.0206 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 31.9150 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 309.9523 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.24 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.41 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Date of discovery | October 8, 1964 |
| Another name | 1964 TT 2 , 1968 QH 1 , 1981 SD 5 , 1981 UF 10 |
| 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. | |
(4047) Chang'e is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 8 October 1964 at the Purple Mountain Observatory ( IAU code 330) in Nanjing was discovered.
The name of the asteroid was chosen on January 22, 2008 based on the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Chang'E: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4047) Chang'E in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4047) Chang'E in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).