3687 Dzus
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Kopff, A. |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | October 7, 1908 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3687 |
| Alternative names | A908 TC |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.2673282 |
| Perihelion | 2.1915808 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1970627 |
| Orbital period | 1647.0706437 |
| Mean anomaly | 61.09491 |
| Inclination | 15.80560 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 225.05031 |
| Argument of perihelion | 113.56917 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0542 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.50 |
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3687 Dzus (A908 TC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1908 by Kopff, A. at Heidelberg. Observations made in 2002 at the Santana Observatory in Rancho Cucamonga, California showed a rotation period of 7.44 ± 0.01 hours. During each rotation, the brightness of 3687 Dzus varied by 0.25 ± 0.04 in magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ R. D., Stephens (December 2002), "Photometry of 769 Tatjana, 818 Kapteyna, 1922 Zulu, and 3687 Dzus", The Minor Planet Bulletin 29: 72, Bibcode:2002MPBu...29...72S, retrieved 2012-02-19.
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