(3663) Tisserand
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Asteroid (3663) Tisserand |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1513 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1709 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6126 AU - 3.6899 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.0957 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.59 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.77 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Edward LG Bowell |
| Date of discovery | April 15, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 GK 1 , 1957 LK, 1957 ND, 1979 FG 3 , 1985 JP, 1986 QX 2 |
| 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. | |
(3663) Tisserand is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 April 1985 by the American astronomer Edward LG Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station ( IAU code 688) of the Lowell Observatory in Coconino County was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the French astronomer François Félix Tisserand (1845-1896).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Tisserand: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3663) Tisserand in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3663) Tisserand in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).