(4651) Wongkwancheng

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Asteroid
(4651) Wongkwancheng
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8467  AU
eccentricity 0.0623
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6692 AU - 3.0241 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.724 °
Sidereal period 4,803 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.653 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.0 likes
history
Explorer Purple Mountain Observatory
Date of discovery October 31, 1957
Another name 1957 UK 1 , 1957 XF, 1974 HP 1
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(4651) Wongkwancheng is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 31 October 1957 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.

It was named after Kwan-cheng Wong (1907–1986), founder of the KC Wong Education Foundation .

See also

credentials

  1. (4651) Wongkwancheng in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).Template: JPL Small-Body Database Browser / Maintenance / Alt