3953 Perth

Perth
Discovery
Discovered by	E. Bowell
Discovery site	Flagstaff (AM)
Discovery date	November 6, 1986
Designations
MPC designation	3953
Alternative names	1986 VB6
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	2.6857274
Perihelion	1.8361792
Eccentricity	0.1878739
Orbital period	1241.7547056
Mean anomaly	140.78048
Inclination	4.95124
Longitude of ascending node	129.11593
Argument of perihelion	237.92492
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.6

3953 Perth (1986 VB6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 6, 1986 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It was named for Perth Observatory.^[1]

References

↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Vol 1 (Fifth Revised and Enlarged ed.). Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 337. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2012-06-26.

Wisniewski, W.Z.; Michalowski, T.M.; Harris, A.W.; McMillan, R.S. (1997) Icarus 126, 395-449; 1995, Lunar & Planetary Science XXVI, 1511-1512.

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