(4262) DeVorkin
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Asteroid (4262) DeVorkin |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.302 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.219 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.798 AU - 2.806 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.32 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 129.31 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.49 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | M. Arai , H. Mori |
| Date of discovery | 5th February 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 CO, 1931 TH 3 , 1955 KA |
| 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. | |
(4262) DeVorkin is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 5, 1989 by Masaru Arai and Hiroshi Mori at the Yorii Observatory .
The asteroid was named after the American astronomical historian David H. DeVorkin (* 1944). He was chairman of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society from 1997 to 1999 . Since 1981 he has been a curator at the National Air and Space Museum .
Web links
- (4262) DeVorkin in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .