(4820) Fay
Asteroid (4820) Fay |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt |
Major semi-axis | 2.8602 AU |
eccentricity | 0.3496 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8601 AU - 3.8603 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.4486 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 331.6422 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 96.7257 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.84 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.62 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | approx. 9 km |
Rotation period | 3.73 h |
Absolute brightness | 11.9 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Carolyn Shoemaker |
Date of discovery | September 15, 1985 |
Another name | 1985 RZ , 1943 ER, 1951 RV, 1951 TP, 1975 RH 1 |
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. |
(4820) Fay is an asteroid of the main belt , which from the September 15, 1985 American US astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code in 675) California was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the American pilot and journalist Fay Gillis Wells (1908-2002), who was a founding member of the Ninety Nines pilots' association .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Fay: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Fay in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (4820) Fay in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).