(4325) Guest
Asteroid (4325) Guest |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
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
- (4325) Guest in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)