(4064) Marjorie

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Asteroid
(4064) Marjorie
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.46495  AU
eccentricity 0.0434
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3582 AU - 2.5719 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.205 °
Sidereal period 3,870 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.97 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ? km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 13.5 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer CJ van Houten ,
I. van Houten-Groeneveld ,
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 2126 PL, 1951 HC, 1972 XT
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.

(4064) Marjorie is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden Survey . However, the object was spotted for the first time on April 30, 1951 by the Kurashiki Observatory.

The origin of the name is Marjorie Meinel, the wife of Aden Meinel .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. THE PALOMAR-LEIDEN SURVEY OF FAINT MINOR PLANETS. (PDF) Archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; Retrieved June 19, 2010 .
  2. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers (Alphabetically) . cfa.harvard.edu. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
  3. (4064) Marjorie in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
  4. ^ IAU Minor Planet Center . cfa.harvard.edu. Retrieved June 19, 2010.
  5. ^ Lutz Schmadel: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 2003, Volume 1, Page 347.