(3623) Chaplin
Asteroid (3623) Chaplin |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Koronis family |
Major semi-axis | 2.8525 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0860 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6073 AU - 3.0978 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.0710 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 118.2420 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 233.9246 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.82 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.63 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 10 km |
Rotation period | 8.361 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | LG Karachkina |
Date of discovery | 4th October 1981 |
Another name | 1981 TG 2 , 1952 VK, 1962 WT 1 , 1971 UM 4 , 1976 UG 1 , 1983 CT 1 , 1988 DY |
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. |
(3623) Chaplin is an asteroid of the main belt , which on October 4, 1981 by the Ukrainian-Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Georgievna Karatschkina at the branch Nautschnyj the Crimean Observatory ( IAU code 095) in Nautschnyj was discovered.
The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.
The asteroid was named after the British comedian , actor , director , screenwriter , editor , composer and film producer Charles Chaplin (1889–1977), who was one of the most influential comedians of the 20th century and in film history.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Chaplin: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3623) Chaplin in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3623) Chaplin in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (3623) Chaplin in the AstDyS-2 database (English)