(4843) Megantic
Asteroid (4843) Mégantic |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Eos family |
Major semi-axis | 3.0886 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1226 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7099 AU - 3.4673 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.0097 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.43 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.95 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 26.02 km (± 1.5) |
Albedo | 0.1039 |
Absolute brightness | 11.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | H. Debehogne |
Date of discovery | February 28, 1990 |
Another name | 1990 DR 4 , 1982 RT 1 , 1990 EO 10 , A908 BH |
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. |
(4843) Mégantic is an asteroid of the main belt , the February 28, 1990 by the Belgian astronomer Henri DEBEHOGNE at La Silla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory ( IAU code 809) in Chile was discovered.
The celestial body was named after the Observatoire du Mont Mégantic on Mont Mégantic in the Canadian province of Québec .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Mégantic: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Mégantic in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4843) Mégantic in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).