(4487) Pocahontas
Asteroid (4487) Pocahontas |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Cupid type |
Major semi-axis | 1.7301 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2967 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.2167 AU - 2.2435 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.405 ° |
Sidereal period | 2,276 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 22.64 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 1.1 - 2.6 km |
Absolute brightness | 17.14 mag |
history | |
Explorer | C. S. Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | 17th October 1987 |
Another name | 1987 UA |
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(4487) Pocahontas is an asteroid from Amor type that on 17 October 1987 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Mount Palomar was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the legendary figure Pocahontas , an Indian who is said to have appeared in Eastern Virginia at the beginning of the 17th century as a mediator between the Virginia-Algonquin tribes and the British colonists .