3953 Perth
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Flagstaff (AM) |
| Discovery date | 6 November 1986 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3953 |
| 1986 VB6 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 13080 days (35.81 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.6869236 AU (401.95805 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8342913 AU (274.40607 Gm) |
| 2.260607 AU (338.1820 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1885848 |
| 3.40 yr (1241.5 d) | |
| 232.30323° | |
| 0° 17m 23.924s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.950876° |
| 129.08517° | |
| 238.03545° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.836487 AU (125.1367 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.77051 AU (414.462 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.592 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 5.083 h (0.2118 d) | |
| 13.5 | |
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3953 Perth (1986 VB6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 6, 1986 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It was named for Perth Observatory.[2]
References
- ↑ "3953 Perth (1986 VB6)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Vol 1 (Fifth Revised and Enlarged ed.). Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 337. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
- Wisniewski, W.Z.; Michalowski, T.M.; Harris, A.W.; McMillan, R.S. (1997) Icarus 126, 395-449; 1995, Lunar & Planetary Science XXVI, 1511-1512.
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