4091 Lowe
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Edward L. G. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Flagstaff |
| Discovery date | October 07, 1986 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4091 |
| Named after | Andrew Lowe |
| Alternative names | 1986 TL2 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.558 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.807 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.1180 |
| Orbital period | 2073.840 d |
| Mean anomaly | 55.038° |
| Inclination | 12.217° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 49.867° |
| Argument of perihelion | 197.731° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.9 |
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4091 Lowe (1986 TL2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 7, 1986 by Edward L. G. Bowell at Flagstaff.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 12.570 ± 0.005 hours with a brightness variation of 0.10 ± 0.03 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 33 (4): 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.
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