3893 DeLaeter
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. P. Candy |
| Discovery site | Perth Observatory |
| Discovery date | 20 March 1980 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3893 |
| 1980 FG12 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 14014 days (38.37 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.0625197 AU (458.14643 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.7804639 AU (266.35361 Gm) |
| 2.421492 AU (362.2500 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2647244 |
| 3.77 yr (1376.3 d) | |
| 98.594745° | |
| 0° 15m 41.634s / day | |
| Inclination | 23.07970° |
| 196.75601° | |
| 107.67446° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.895585 AU (133.9776 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.63122 AU (393.625 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.359 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.83 h (0.576 d) | |
| 13.2 | |
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3893 DeLaeter (1980 FG12) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1980 by Michael P. Candy at the Perth Observatory. The object was named after the retired Australian scientist John Robert de Laeter. It is a member of the Hungaria family of asteroids.[2]
Photometric observations made in 2003 at the Santana Observatory in Rancho Cucamonga, California give a synodic rotation period of 13.83 ± 0.01 hours. The light curve shows a brightness variation of 0.33 ± 0.06 in magnitude.[2]
References
- ↑ "3893 DeLaeter (1980 FG12)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- 1 2 Stephens, Robert D. (March 2004), "Photometry of 683 Lanzia, 1101 Clematis, 1499 Pori, 1507 Vaasa, and 3893 DeLaeter", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 31 (1), pp. 4–6, Bibcode:2004MPBu...31....4S.
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