(3142) Kilopi
Asteroid (3142) kilopi |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5545 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0867 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.333 AU - 2.776 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.172 ° |
Sidereal period | 4,083 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.64 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 8 km |
Albedo | ? |
Rotation period | ? H |
Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | André Patry |
Date of discovery | January 9, 1937 |
Another name | 1937 AC, 1978 EL 7 , 1982 BV 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. |
(3142) Kilopi is an asteroid of the main belt , which on January 9, 1937 by the French astronomer André Patry in Nice was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is derived from the thousand times ( kilo ) of the circle number π ≈ 3.142.