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Asteroid
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Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.4504  AU
eccentricity 0.1568
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0662 AU - 2.8346 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.342 °
Sidereal period 3,836 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.03 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ? km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 14.2 mag
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer CJ van Houten ,
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 6032 PL, 1979 OV 15 , 1983 SG
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.

(4295) Wisse 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 Marijke Wisse-Schouten , an employee of the Leiden observatory .

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