3001 Michelangelo
 Orbit of 3001 Michelangelo | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Edward Bowell |
| Discovery date | January 24, 1982 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Michelangelo |
| 1982 BC1 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch November 4, 2013 (JD 2453705.5) | |
| Aphelion | 2.520 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.193 AU |
| 2.357 AU | |
| Eccentricity | .0693 |
| 3.62 a | |
Average orbital speed | 19.379 km/s |
| 269.047° | |
| Inclination | 18.357 ° |
| 297.801° | |
| 136.005° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 8.338 h | |
| 12.4 | |
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3001 Michelangelo is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1982. It is named after Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Italian renaissance artist.
Michelangelo's closest approaches to Mars are just over 0.6 AU.
See also
References
- AstDys
- JPL small body database, including orbit diagrams
- telnet://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov:6775 telnet for JPL Horizons, easier and more comprehensive than web version
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