(4162) SAF
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Asteroid (4162) SAF |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8364 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1350 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4536 AU - 3.2192 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.24 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,777 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.69 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 23.31 km |
| Albedo | 0.0620 |
| Rotation period | 7.54 h |
| Absolute brightness | 11,504 likes |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | André Patry |
| Date of discovery | November 24, 1940 |
| Another name | 1940 WA, 1951 AS 1 , 1987 OP |
| 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. | |
(4162) SAF is a main belt asteroid discovered in Nice on November 24, 1940 by the French astronomer André Patry .
The provisional name of the asteroid was 1940 WA, he was in honor of the Société de France astronomique in (4162) SAF renamed.