(3746) Heyuan
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Asteroid (3746) Heyuan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.1753 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2500 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3814 AU - 3.9692 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.03 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5,658 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 16.71 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Dimensions | ? kg |
| Albedo | ? |
| Medium density | ? g / cm³ |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 12.7 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| Date of discovery | October 8, 1964 |
| Another name | 1964 TC 1 , 1935 SD 2 , 1976 YM 5 |
| 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. | |
(3746) Heyuan is an asteroid of the main belt , which on October 8, 1964 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.
The asteroid was named on May 23, 2000 after the city of Heyuan , which is known, among other things, for a very large number of dinosaur eggs found.