3343 Nedzel
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Lincoln Lab ETS [1] L. G. Taff [2] |
Discovery site | Lincoln Lab ETS |
Discovery date | 28 April 1982 |
Designations | |
3343 | |
1982 HS | |
Mars-crosser [2] | |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 12347 days (33.80 yr) |
Aphelion | 3.0815043 AU (460.98648 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.6180839 AU (242.06191 Gm) |
2.349794 AU (351.5242 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.3113933 |
3.60 yr (1315.7 d) | |
99.75169° | |
0° 16m 25.058s / day | |
Inclination | 25.00800° |
43.45773° | |
229.74511° | |
Earth MOID | 0.680688 AU (101.8295 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.20491 AU (329.850 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.372 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | ~10 km (est.)[3] |
5.4620 h (0.22758 d) | |
5.46 h | |
13.1 | |
3343 Nedzel (1982 HS) is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on April 28, 1982 by a U.S. team of astronomers including Laurence Taff at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site, Socorro, New Mexico At roughly 10 km in diameter,[3] it is one of the largest Mars-crossing asteroids.
References
- ^ "3343 Nedzel (1982 HS)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3343 Nedzel (1982 HS)" (2016-02-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
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