3568 ASCII
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| Discovery[1] | |
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| Discovered by | Marguerite Laugier |
| Discovery site | Nice, France |
| Discovery date | October 17, 1936 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3568 |
| Named after | ASCII |
| Alternative names | 1936 UB, 1975 WZ1 |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch February 8, 2011 | |
| Aphelion | 3.9025900 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3826322 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 3.1426111 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.2418304 |
| Orbital period | 2034.8592875 days |
| Mean anomaly | 164.95366° |
| Inclination | 19.43254° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 58.39713° |
| Argument of perihelion | 280.16168° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.1 |
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3568 ASCII is a small main belt asteroid discovered by Marguerite Laugier on October 17, 1936.
It was named (long after its discovery) in honor of the ASCII character encoding system that was used by most computers. The name was proposed by Syuichi Nakano, who re-discovered this asteroid during his stay at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; a stay which was partially funded by articles he wrote for the principal Japanese microcomputer magazine, ASCII.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "3568 ASCII". JPL Small-Body Database. 2003-08-29. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
- ↑ Lutz Schmadel, Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Springer
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