(4221) Picasso
Asteroid (4221) Picasso |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.6192 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1269 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2867 AU - 2.9516 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 17.1952 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.24 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.40 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Jeff T. Alu |
Date of discovery | March 13, 1988 |
Another name | 1988 EJ , 1954 GD, 1984 JH 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. |
(4221) Picasso is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 March 1988 by the American US amateur astronomer Jeff T. Alu at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code discovered 675) was.
The asteroid was named on March 11, 1990 after the Spanish painter , graphic artist and sculptor Pablo Picasso , who is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Picasso: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4221) Picasso in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4221) Picasso in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).