(3641) Williams Bay
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Asteroid (3641) Williams Bay |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.9909 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1308 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.5997 AU - 3.3821 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 16.121 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,173 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.22 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 31.54 km |
| Albedo | 0.049 |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 11.23 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | George Van Biesbroeck |
| Date of discovery | November 24, 1922 |
| Another name | A922 WC, 1977 LJ, 1978 RQ 4 |
| 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. | |
(3641) Williams Bay is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 24. November 1922 by the Belgian astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay , Wisconsin was discovered.
The name of the asteroid is derived from Williams Bay in Wisconsin , USA , the location of the observatory where the asteroid was discovered.