4176 Sudek
Appearance
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Antonín Mrkos |
Discovery site | Klet |
Discovery date | 24 February 1987 |
Designations | |
4176 | |
Named after | Josef Sudek |
1987 DS | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 22917 days (62.74 yr) |
Aphelion | 3.5433415 AU (530.07634 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.6544702 AU (397.10309 Gm) |
3.098906 AU (463.5897 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.1434170 |
5.46 yr (1992.6 d) | |
131.10343° | |
0° 10m 50.42s / day | |
Inclination | 2.599930° |
114.33066° | |
356.15780° | |
Earth MOID | 1.671 AU (250.0 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 1.57882 AU (236.188 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.205 |
Physical characteristics | |
15.00 ± 1.4 km | |
8.1642 h (0.34018 d) | |
0.0341 ± 0.007 | |
11.90 | |
4176 Sudek (1987 DS) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 24, 1987 by Antonín Mrkos at Klet. It is named after the Czech photographer Josef Sudek (1896-1976).[2]
On 21 January 2014 asteroid Sudek, at magnitude 15.5, occulted the star 2UCAC 39655315, at magnitude 11.8.[3] This event was visible over parts of Japan and China.[3]
References
- ^ "4176 Sudek (1987 DS)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ Page 336
- ^ a b Asteroid
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