(4847) Amenhotep
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Asteroid (4847) Amenhotep |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.1665 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0888 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.974 AU - 2.3589 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.856 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3,189 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 20.24 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? |
| Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer |
CJ van Houten , T. Gehrels |
| Date of discovery | September 24, 1960 |
| Another name | 6787 PL, 1975 EM 5 , 1981 AZ |
| 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. | |
(4847) Amenhotep is an asteroid of the main belt , which 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 is named after the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV , who is also known as Akhenaten .