(4443) Paulet
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Asteroid (4443) Paulet |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2355 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1176 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9727 AU - 2.4984 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.6164 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 346.9632 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 84.8749 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.34 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Henri Debehogne |
| Date of discovery | September 10, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 RD 4 , 1972 XO, 1977 FY 2 , 1978 NE 6 , 1980 DF 6 |
| 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. | |
(4443) Paulet is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 10, 1985 by the Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at the La Silla Observatory ( IAU code 809) of the European Southern Observatory in Chile .
The asteroid was named on August 31, 2012 after the Peruvian scientist Pedro Paulet (1874–1945), who in 1895 built a rocket motor powered by liquid fuel .
See also
Web links
- (4443) Paulet in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- Asteroid Paulet: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4443) Paulet in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).