4078 Polakis

Polakis
Discovery and designation
Discovered by B. A. Skiff
Discovery site Flagstaff
Discovery date January 9, 1983
Designations
MPC designation 4078
1983 AC
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.334 AU
Perihelion 2.701 AU
Eccentricity 0.1050
1914.758 d
92.327°
Inclination 11.639°
83.433°
224.831°
Physical characteristics
11.3

    4078 Polakis (1983 AC) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 9, 1983 by B. A. Skiff at Flagstaff.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2007 show a rotation period of 4.831 ± 0.003 hours with a brightness variation of 0.38 ± 0.02 magnitude.[1]

    References

    1. ↑ Torno, Steven; Oliver, Robert Lemke; Ditteon, Richard (June 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory - October 2007", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 35 (2): 54–55, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35...54T.

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