(4202) Minitti

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Asteroid
(4202) Minitti
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.02  AU
eccentricity 0.088
Perihelion - aphelion 2.754 AU - 3.286 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.26 °
Length of the ascending node 144.48 °
Sidereal period 5.25 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 11.6 mag
history
Explorer Henri Debehogne
Date of discovery February 12, 1985
Another name 1985 CB 2
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.

(4202) Minitti is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 12, 1985 by Henri Debehogne from the European Southern Observatory .

The asteroid was named after Michelle Minitti , a researcher at Arizona State University who studies the geology of Mars .

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