3142 Kilopi
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | A. Patry |
| Discovery site | Nice |
| Discovery date | January 9, 1937 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3142 |
| Named after | kπ |
| Alternative names | 1937 AC |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.7785983 |
| Perihelion | 2.3316335 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0874647 |
| Orbital period | 1491.8128070 |
| Mean anomaly | 149.05889 |
| Inclination | 14.18349 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 321.00526 |
| Argument of perihelion | 189.02078 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.3 |
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3142 Kilopi (1937 AC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 9, 1937 by A. Patry at Nice. The name is a pun, as kilo pi equals one thousand times pi, which is approximately 3142.[1]
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