(4646) Kwee
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Asteroid (4646) Kwee |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hertha family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4307 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1909 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9667 AU - 2.8946 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.912 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,790 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.10 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | 1960 |
| Another name | 4009 PL , 1979 SN 9 , 1983 VH 2 |
| 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. | |
(4646) Kwee is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden Survey .
The asteroid bears the name of the Dutch astronomer Kiem Keng Kwee .