(4294) Horatius
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Asteroid (4294) Horatius |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8016 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0201 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7453 AU - 2.8579 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.869 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,689 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.79 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 12.499 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 4016 PL, 1974 SS, 1979 WR 5 |
| 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. | |
(4294) Horatius is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The asteroid is named after the Roman poet Horace .