4241 Pappalardo
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Schelte J. Bus |
Discovery site | Siding Spring Observatory |
Discovery date | March 2, 1981 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 4241 |
1981 EX46 | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 3.1652339 |
Perihelion | 2.7329001 |
Eccentricity | 0.0733001 |
1849.8026055 | |
302.89107 | |
Inclination | 0.97320 |
247.29340 | |
117.94033 | |
Physical characteristics | |
14.9 | |
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4241 Pappalardo (1981 EX46) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by Schelte J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.[1] It was named in 2000 in honor of Neil Pappalardo,[2] one of the primary donors of the Magellan Telescopes at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.[3]
References
- ↑ "Osculating elements from astorb-database for 4241 Pappalardo". Kentauren.info. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names 1. Springer. p. 363. ISBN 3540002383.
- ↑ 10th Anniversary of the Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of technology. 2010.
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