(4409) Kissling
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Asteroid (4409) Kissling |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.039 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.096 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.747 AU - 3.332 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.35 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 349.23 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.3 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 12 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Alan C. Gilmore , Pamela M. Kilmartin |
| Date of discovery | June 30, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 MD |
| 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. | |
(4409) Kissling is a main belt asteroid discovered on June 30, 1989 by Alan C. Gilmore and Pamela Margaret Kilmartin of the Mt John University Observatory in New Zealand .
The asteroid was named after Warwick M. Kissling (* 1957), a mathematician from New Zealand.
Web links
- (4409) Kissling in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).