(3671) Dionysus
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Asteroid (3671) Dionysus |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Cupid type |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1978 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.5418 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.0069 AU - 3.3885 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.202 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,258 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.09 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 1.5 km / 0.4 km¹ |
| Dimensions | ? kg |
| Albedo | 0.16 |
| Medium density | ? g / cm³ |
| Rotation period | 2.705 h / 27.72 h-1 |
| Absolute brightness | 16.57 likes |
| Spectral class | C. |
| history | |
| Explorer | C. S. and E. M. Shoemaker |
| Date of discovery | 1984 |
| Another name | 1984 KD
¹) presumably double system |
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(3671) Dionysus is an asteroid from Amor type that on 27 May 1984 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Mount Palomar was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Greek god Dionysus .
There are indications that this is a system of two bodies rotating around their common center of gravity . The moon with the designation S / 1997 (3671) 1 has a diameter of 0.4 km and is located at an average distance of around 2.2 km from the larger celestial body.