(4240) green
Asteroid (4240) green |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.939 AU |
eccentricity | 0.107 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.625 AU - 3.253 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.15 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 321.3 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.04 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Scolded John Bus |
Date of discovery | March 2, 1981 |
Another name | 1981 EY 20 |
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. |
(4240) Green is a main belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by Schelte John Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory .
The asteroid was named on July 1, 1996 after the German astrophysicist Eberhard Grün .
Web links
- (4240) Green in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .