(4325) Guest

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Asteroid
(4325) Guest
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th November 2013 ( JD 2,456,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt
Asteroid family Merxia family
Major semi-axis 2.7505  AU
eccentricity 0.0941
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4916 AU - 3.0093 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.7644 °
Length of the ascending node 60.0818 °
Sidereal period 4.56 a
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 9 km
Absolute brightness 12.5 mag
history
Explorer Edward LG Bowell
Date of discovery April 18, 1982
Another name 1982 HL, 1975 TP 5 , 1975 VM 7
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.

(4325) Guest is a major belt asteroid discovered on April 18, 1982 by Edward LG Bowell at the Lowell Observatory .

The timeless (non- osculating ) orbital elements of (4325) Guest are almost identical to those of the smaller, assuming the absolute brightness of 15.2 versus 12.4, asteroids (14939) Norikura .

(4325) Guest was named after the British geologist and volcanologist John E. Guest.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)