(4356) marathon
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Asteroid (4356) marathon |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Dora family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7990 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1941 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.2558 AU - 3.3422 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.461 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.69 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.80 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 12.36 km |
| Albedo | 0.0665 |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | October 17, 1960 |
| Another name | 9522 PL , 1974 RB 1 , 1987 FB |
| 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. | |
(4356) Marathon is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 17, 1960 by the research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden survey .
The asteroid is named after the Greek city of Marathon .