(4357) Corinth
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Asteroid (4357) Corinth |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0050 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0634 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8146 AU - 3.1954 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.491 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.209 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.18 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 18 km |
| Absolute brightness | 11.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | 29th September 1973 |
| Another name | 2069 T-2, 1968 UG 2 , 1978 QP 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. | |
(4357) Korinthos is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 29, 1973 by the research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden Survey .
The asteroid is named after the Greek city of Corinth .