5171 Augustesen
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | P. Jensen |
| Discovery site | Brorfelde |
| Discovery date | September 8, 1988 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5171 |
Named after | Karl Augustesen |
| 1987 SQ3 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.745 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.104 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.1322 |
| 1378.747 d | |
| 154.869° | |
| Inclination | 7.095° |
| 322.182° | |
| 45.528° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.2 | |
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5171 Augustesen (1987 SQ3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1988 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.
Photometric observations of this asteroid reported in 2007 show a lengthy rotation period of 474 ± 10 hours with a brightness variation of 0.8 magnitude. It appears to have a tumbling motion.[1]
References
- ↑ Galád, Adrián et al. (October 2007), "Seven Asteroids Studied from Modra Observatory in the Course of Binary Asteroid Photometric Campaign", Earth, Moon, and Planets 101 (1–2): 17–25, Bibcode:2007EM&P..101...17G, doi:10.1007/s11038-007-9146-6.
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