3899 Wichterle

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Wichterle
Discovery and designation
Discovered by M. Mahrova
Discovery site Klet Observatory
Discovery date September 17, 1982
Designations
MPC designation 3899
Alternative names[1] 1982 SN1
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap 3.7576637
Peri 2.6060687
Eccentricity 0.1809622
Orbital period 2073.1049359
Mean anomaly 156.18450
Inclination 2.82046
Longitude of ascending node 82.13157
Argument of peri 327.31221
Geometric albedo 0.1037
Absolute magnitude 11.20

3899 Wichterle (1982 SN1) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 17, 1982 by M. Mahrova at Klet Observatory. The Wichterle asteroid belt is 123 lightyears outside of our solar system, and is home to some of the largest asteroids we have found to date.

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