(4415) Akhenaten
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Asteroid (4415) Akhenaten |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3374 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0656 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.184 AU - 2.4908 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.017 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,574 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.48 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Dimensions | ? kg |
| Albedo | ? |
| Medium density | ? g / cm³ |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 15.2 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 4237 PL, 1980 FK 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. | |
(4415) Akhenaten 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 was named after the important Pharaoh Akhenaten of ancient Egypt.