3015 Candy
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Name | Candy |
| Designation | 2148 P-L |
| Discovery | |
| Discoverer | E. Bowell |
| Discovery date | November 9, 1980 |
| Orbital elements | |
| Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) | |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.165 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 3.395 AU |
| Perihelion (q) | 2.835 AU |
| Aphelion (Q) | 3.956 AU |
| Orbital period (P) | 6.257a |
| Inclination (i) | 17.425° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 38.461° |
| Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 301.432° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 151.981° |
3015 Candy is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.835 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.143 and an orbital period of 2285 days (6.26 years).[1] Spin modeling suggests it has a rotation period of 4.63519895 h with a retrograde rotation, and the spin axis is nearly aligned with the shortest axis of the object.[2]
The asteroid was discovered on November 9, 1980 by E. Bowell at Lowell Observatory.[1]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ↑ Clark, Maurice (January 2016), "Shape Modelling of Asteriods 1708 Polit, 2036 Sheragul, and 3015 Candy", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 43 (1): 80−86, Bibcode:2016MPBu...43...80C.
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