(4860) Gubbio
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Asteroid (4860) Gubbio |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6309 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1471 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2438 AU - 3.0179 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.5469 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.27 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.35 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 23 km |
| Rotation period | 19.36 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. Bowell |
| Date of discovery | March 3, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 EP, 1980 RB 4 , 1980 RG 5 |
| 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. | |
(4860) Gubbio is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 3 March 1987 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station (IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The celestial body was named after the city of Gubbio, founded by the Etruscans in the Italian province of Perugia .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gubbio: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Gubbio in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4860) Gubbio in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).