(4544) Xanthus
Asteroid (4544) Xanthus |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Apollo type |
Major semi-axis | 1.0418 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2501 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 0.7813 AU - 1.3023 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.1451 ° |
Sidereal period | 1.06 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 29.18 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 1.3 km |
Rotation period | 37.65 h |
Absolute brightness | 17.1 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
HE Holt N. G. Thomas |
Date of discovery | March 31, 1989 |
Another name | 1989 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. |
(4544) Xanthus is a near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo type , which was discovered on March 31, 1989 by the American astronomers Henry E. Holt and Norman G. Thomas at the Palomar Observatory .
The asteroid was named after another name for the Greek god Apollo .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Xanthus: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4544) Xanthus in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4544) Xanthus in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).