(4969) Lawrence

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Asteroid
(4969) Lawrence
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Pallas family
Major semi-axis 2.7562  AU
eccentricity 0.3625
Perihelion - aphelion 1.7570 AU - 3.7554 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 31.4462 °
Length of the ascending node 186.5095 °
Argument of the periapsis 245.3335 °
Sidereal period 4.58 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.93 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.712 ± 1.472 km
Albedo 0.171 ± 0.057
Absolute brightness 12.7 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: C
history
Explorer Eleanor Helin
Date of discovery 4th October 1986
Another name 1986 TU , 1977 RV 4 , 1986 WC 8 , 1988 GB 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.

(4969) Lawrence is an asteroid of the main belt , which from the October 4, 1986 American US astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 675).

The asteroid was named after the American astronomer Kenneth J. Lawrence named (* 1964), of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA operates.

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