11264 Claudiomaccone

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11264 Claudimaccone

Discovery A
Discoverer	Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh
Discovery date	October 16, 1979
Alternate designations B	1979 UC4; 1989 EC10; 1991 PD14
Category	Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch November 26, 2005 (JD 2453700.5)
Eccentricity (e)	0.232
Semi-major axis (a)	385.973 Gm (2.580 AU)
Perihelion (q)	296.521 Gm (1.982 AU)
Aphelion (Q)	475.426 Gm (3.178 AU)
Orbital period (P)	1513.722 d (4.14 a)
Mean orbital speed	18.29 km/s
Inclination (i)	3.536°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω)	11.507°
Argument of perihelion (ω)	56.947°
Mean anomaly (M)	79.036°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions	~4 km
Mass	?×10? kg
Density	? g/cm³
Surface gravity	? m/s²
Escape velocity	? km/s
Rotation period	0.1328 d (3.1872 h)
Spectral class	?
Absolute magnitude	13.9
Albedo (geometric)	0.10
Mean surface temperature	~173 K
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11264 Claudiomaccone is an asteroid orbiting the Sun. It is named after the Italian astronomer Claudio Maccone.

[edit] Moon

A natural satellite was discovered from analysis of light curve observations dating back to 2003, and reported in 2005. Beyond the period of 15.11 h and a lower bound of 1.2 km on its diameter, nothing is known. The provisional designation is S/2003 (11264) 1.

[edit] Reference

• Pravec, P., et al., 2006, Photometric survey of binary near-Earth asteroids, Icarus, Vol. 181, pp. 63-93

[edit] External link

• Johnston Archive entry

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