(4609) Pizarro
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Asteroid (4609) Pizarro |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1082 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1072 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7749 AU - 3.4416 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.3464 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.48 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.89 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 27.62 km (± 2.0) |
| Albedo | 0.0582 |
| Absolute brightness | 11.50 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | Eric Walter Elst |
| Date of discovery | February 13, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 CT 3 , 1969 VZ 1 , 1978 JQ 1 , 1984 NB, 1990 OE 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. | |
(4609) Pizarro is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 February 1988 by the Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst at the La Silla Observatory in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Chilean astronomer Guido Pizarro and his brother Oscar , who both work with the discoverer at the La Silla Observatory.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Pizarro: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4609) Pizarro in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4609) Pizarro in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).