3563 Canterbury
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Name | |
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Name | Canterbury |
Designation | 1985 FE |
Discovery | |
Discoverers | Alan C. Gilmore and Pamela M. Kilmartin |
Discovery date | March 23, 1985 |
Orbital elements | |
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) | |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.1763592 |
Semimajor axis (a) | 2.7944137 AU |
Perihelion (q) | 2.3015931 AU |
Aphelion (Q) | 3.2872343 AU |
Orbital period (P) | 4.67 a |
Inclination (i) | 6.94642° |
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 268.06744° |
Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 346.26888° |
Mean anomaly (M) | 284.82175° |
3563 Canterbury is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.6828106 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.1763592 and an orbital period of 1706.2179036 days (4.67 years).[1]
Canterbury has an average orbital speed of 17.81462866 km/s and a inclination of 6.94642°.
This asteroid was discovered on March 23, 1985 by Alan C. Gilmore and Pamela M. Kilmartin.
[edit] References
- ^ JPL Small-Body Database Browser. NASA. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.