(3046) Molière
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Asteroid (3046) Molière |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1354 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1515 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6605 AU - 3.6103 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 18.332 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,552 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.82 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 20.36 km |
| Albedo | 0.056 |
| Absolute brightness | 12,212 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 4120 PL, 1982 RC 1 |
| 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. | |
(3046) Molière is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The asteroid is named after the French playwright Molière .