(4197) Morpheus
Asteroid (4197) Morpheus |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Apollo type |
Major semi-axis | 2.2962 AU |
eccentricity | 0.7719 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 0.5237 AU - 4.0687 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.5756 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 7.2076 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 122.3728 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.48 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 1.8 km |
Albedo | 0.37 |
Rotation period | 3 h 32 min |
Absolute brightness | 14.6 mag |
Spectral class | SMASSII: Sq |
history | |
Explorer |
Eleanor Helin , Eugene Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | October 11, 1982 |
Another name | 1982 TA |
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. |
(4197) Morpheus is an asteroid of the Apollo-type , which on 11 October 1982 by Eleanor Helin and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory was discovered.
The asteroid is about 1.8 kilometers in diameter and has a bright surface with an albedo of 0.37. It rotates around its axis in about 3.5 hours.
(4197) Morpheus was named on January 5, 2015 after Morpheus , the god of dreams. The naming text also mentions a character named Morpheus from the Matrix film trilogy.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Morpheus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4197) Morpheus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4197) Morpheus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).