4065 Meinel
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groenveld T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1960 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4065 |
| 2820 P-L, 1976 JF6, 1986 GQ1 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch July 11, 2009 | |
| Aphelion | 2.4413 |
| Perihelion | 2.0927 |
| 2.26703 | |
| Eccentricity | 0.076883 |
| 1,246.76 | |
Average orbital speed | 19,78 |
| ? | |
| Inclination | 5.168 |
| ? | |
| ? | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.834 | |
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(4065) Meinel is an S-type asteroid of the Flora family native to the Main Belt. It was discovered on September 24, 1960 at Palomar Observatory by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels.[1][2] The first one to sight Meinel was Rainbow Observatory near Coonabarabran on August 14, 1953.[3][4]
The asteroid is named in honour of the American physicist and astronomer Aden Meinel.
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References
- ↑ Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Paul Herget und Tom Gehrels, The Palomar-Leiden Survey of Faint Minor Planets, 1970
- ↑ Minor Planet Discoveries
- ↑ AstDyS Information System
- ↑ Minor Planet Center
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