39427 Charlottebrontë
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Name | |
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Name | Charlottebrontë |
Designation | 3360 T-2 |
Discovery | |
Discoverer | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels |
Discovery date | September 25, 1973 |
Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
Orbital elements | |
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) | |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.1893316 |
Semimajor axis (a) | 3.9842069 AU |
Perihelion (q) | 3.2298706 AU |
Aphelion (Q) | 4.7385432 AU |
Orbital period (P) | 7.95 a |
Inclination (i) | 3.87404° |
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 68.62377° |
Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 242.47546° |
Mean anomaly (M) | 167.91692° |
39427 Charlottebrontë is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2904.7667384 days (7.95 years).[1] It has an average orbital speed of 14.92096789 km/s.
The asteroid was discovered in September 25, 1973 at the Palomar Observatory.
This asteroid is named after Charlotte Brontë an English novelist and poet.[1]