(4444) Escher
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Asteroid (4444) Escher |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Vesta family |
| Major semi-axis | 2,323 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.136 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.007 AU - 2.639 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.395 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.54 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen , Leif Hansen , Per Rex Christensen |
| Date of discovery | September 16, 1985 |
| Another name | 1985 SA |
| 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. | |
(4444) Escher is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1985 by Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen , Leif Hansen, and Per Rex Christensen from the European Southern Observatory .
The asteroid is named after the Dutch graphic artist and artist MC Escher .
Web links
- (4444) Escher in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).