(3780) Maury
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Asteroid (3780) Maury |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8693 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0643 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6848 AU - 3.0538 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.7410 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.86 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.58 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 12 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. Bowell |
| Date of discovery | September 14, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 RL, 1961 UM, 1975 RK 2 , 1980 RL 3 , 1981 WW 6 |
| 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. | |
(3780) Maury is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 14 September 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 Alain Maury , who runs his own observatory near San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile.