(4031) Mueller
Asteroid (4031) Mueller |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Hungaria group |
Major semi-axis | 1.9342 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1010 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7389 AU - 2.1295 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 18.9092 ° |
Sidereal period | 2.69 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 21.41 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 2.9420 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Carolyn Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | February 12, 1985 |
Another name | 1985 CL , 1969 EN 1 |
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. |
(4031) Mueller is an asteroid of the main belt , the American US from February 12, 1985 astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory ( observatory code in 675) California was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the American astronomer Jean Mueller (* 1950).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Mueller: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4031) Mueller in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4031) Mueller in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).