(4301) Boyden
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Asteroid (4301) Boyden |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.116 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.764 AU - 3.469 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.29 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 52.18 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.5 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 14 km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.5 mag |
| history | |
| Date of discovery | 7th August 1966 |
| Another name | 1966 PM, 1975 EE 2 , 1978 TL 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. | |
(4301) Boyden is a major belt asteroid discovered on August 7, 1966 by the Boyden Observatory in South Africa.
The asteroid was named after the American inventor Uriah A. Boyden (1804–1879).
Web links
- (4301) Boyden in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .