(4730) Xingmingzhou
Asteroid (4730) Xingmingzhou |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Eos family |
Major semi-axis | 3.1213 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0483 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9705 AU - 3.272 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.014 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.514 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.86 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 25.06 km |
Albedo | 0.102 |
Absolute brightness | 11.21 mag |
Spectral class | ? |
history | |
Explorer | Purple Mountain Observatory |
Date of discovery | 7th December 1980 |
Another name | 1980 XZ, 1932 BE, 1983 GR 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. |
(4730) Xingmingzhou is an asteroid of the main belt , which on December 7, 1980 at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Chinese amateur astronomer Xing-Ming Zhou .