(4048) Samwestfall
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Asteroid (4048) Samwestfall |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.235 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.816 AU - 2.654 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.21 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 355.97 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.34 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.0 mag |
| history | |
| Date of discovery | October 30, 1964 |
| Another name | 1964 UC, 1954 UU, 1984 SV 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. | |
(4048) Samwestfall is a main belt asteroid that was discovered on October 30, 1964 from the Goethe Link Observatory .
The asteroid was named after Richard Samuel Westfall (1924-1996), a history professor at Indiana University Bloomington .
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of minor planet names . Vol. 1. Springer, Berlin & New York 2003
Web links
- (4048) Samwestfall in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).