39428 Emilybrontë
Name | |
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Name | Emilybrontë |
Designation | 4169 T-2 |
Discovery | |
Discoverer | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
Discovery date | September 29, 1973 |
Orbital elements | |
Epoch October 27, 2007 (JDCT 2454400.5) | |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.2014777 |
Semimajor axis (a) | 2.4673967 AU |
Perihelion (q) | 1.9702713 AU |
Aphelion (Q) | 2.9645221 AU |
Orbital period (P) | 3.88 a |
Inclination (i) | 3.38190° |
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 73.83850° |
Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 305.47884° |
Mean anomaly (M) | 327.69031° |
39428 Emilybrontë is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1415.6533112 days (3.88 years).[1]
The asteroid was discovered on 29 September 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory near Pauma Valley, California.
It was named in honour of English novelist Emily Brontë.
References
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
External links
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