(4923) Clarke
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Asteroid (4923) Clarke |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1454 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2017 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7127 AU - 2.5782 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.6701 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 188.5585 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 108.4069 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.14 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.33 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 3.1787 ± 30% h |
| Absolute brightness | 14.3 mag |
| Spectral class | SMASSII: S. |
| history | |
| Explorer | Scolded John Bus |
| Date of discovery | March 2, 1981 |
| Another name | 1981 EO 27 , 1972 NJ |
| 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. | |
(4923) Clarke is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 2 March 1981 by the British astronomer scolding John Bus at Siding Spring Observatory ( IAU code 413) near Coonabarabran in Australia was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the British science fiction - writer Arthur C. Clarke named (1917 to 2008).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Clarke: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Clarke in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4923) Clarke in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).