(3623) Chaplin

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Asteroid
(3623) Chaplin
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
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.

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Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (3623) Chaplin in the AstDyS-2 database (English)