(4713) Steel
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Asteroid (4713) Steel |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 1.9266 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0737 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7847 AU - 2.0685 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 22.6733 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 101.4503 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 152.3192 ° |
| Sidereal period | 2.67 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 21.45 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 5.199 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: A. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Robert McNaught |
| Date of discovery | August 26, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 QL |
| 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. | |
(4713) Steel is a main inner belt asteroid that was discovered on August 26, 1989 by the British - Australian astronomer Robert McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory ( IAU code 413).
The asteroid was named after the British astronomer Duncan I. Steel .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Steel: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4713) Steel in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (4713) Steel in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).