(4259) McCoy
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Asteroid (4259) McCoy |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2,891 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.049 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.751 AU - 3.032 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.92 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 59.82 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.92 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 9 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Scolded John Bus |
| Date of discovery | September 16, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 SB 3 |
| 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. | |
(4359) McCoy is a major belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1988 by Schelte John Bus of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory .
The asteroid is named after Timothy J. McCoy , curator of the National Meteorite Collection at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington.
Web links
- (4259) McCoy in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .