3795 Nigel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. F. Helin |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1986 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3795 |
| Named after | Nigel Henbest |
| Alternative names | 1986 GV1 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.8242660 |
| Perihelion | 1.9549032 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1819067 |
| Orbital period | 1349.2177741 |
| Mean anomaly | 304.82034 |
| Inclination | 9.82119 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 66.14559 |
| Argument of perihelion | 197.57605 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.2 |
|
| |
3795 Nigel (1986 GV1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 8, 1986 by E. F. Helin at Palomar. It is named after British astronomer and science writer Nigel Henbest.
References
External links
| |||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.