(4169) Celsius
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Asteroid (4169) Celsius |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.3882 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1727 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.80309 AU - 3.97338 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.052 ° |
| Sidereal period | 6.237 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 33.1 km |
| Albedo | 0.0704 |
| Rotation period | 10.887 h |
| Absolute brightness | 10.90 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer | C.-I. Lagerkvist |
| Date of discovery | March 16, 1980 |
| Another name | 1980 FO3 |
| 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. | |
(4169) Celsius is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 16 March 1980 by the Swedish astronomer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) at La Silla in Chile was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Swedish naturalist Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who also gave the name to the famous temperature scale.