4142 Dersu-Uzala
4142 Dersu-Uzala
| Name |
| Name |
Dersu-Uzala |
| Designation |
1981 KE |
| Discovery |
| Discoverer |
Z. Vavrova |
| Discovery date |
May 28, 1981 |
| Orbital elements |
| Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) |
| Eccentricity (e) |
0.1509532 |
| Semimajor axis (a) |
1.9119255 AU |
| Perihelion (q) |
1.6233142 AU |
| Aphelion (Q) |
2.2005368 AU |
| Orbital period (P) |
2.64 a |
| Inclination (i) |
26.49277° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) |
60.71941° |
| Argument of Perihelion (ω) |
55.33803° |
| Mean anomaly (M) |
169.35952° |
4142 Dersu-Uzala is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 965.6169293 days (2.64 years).[1]
The asteroid was discovered on May 28, 1981.
It is named after Dersu Uzala, the main character of a book by Vladimir Arsenyev.
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