(4370) Dickens
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Asteroid (4370) Dickens |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Inner main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.197 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.758 AU - 2.635 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.55 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 218.4 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.26 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Ted Bowell |
| Date of discovery | 22nd September 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 SL |
| 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. | |
(4370) Dickens is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 22, 1982 by Ted Bowell at the Lowell Observatory .
It was named on June 8, 1990 after the English writer Charles Dickens .
Web links
- (4370) Dickens in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .