(4713) Steel

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Asteroid
(4713) Steel
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 1.9266  AU
eccentricity 0.0737
Perihelion - aphelion 1.7847 AU - 2.0685 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 22.6733 °
Length of the ascending node 101.4503 °
Argument of the periapsis 152.3192 °
Sidereal period 2.67 a
Mean orbital velocity 21.45 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 5.199 h
Absolute brightness 13.1 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: A.
history
Explorer Robert McNaught
Date of discovery August 26, 1989
Another name 1989 QL
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(4713) Steel is a main inner belt asteroid that was discovered on August 26, 1989 by the British - Australian astronomer Robert McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory ( IAU code 413).

The asteroid was named after the British astronomer Duncan I. Steel .

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