4923 Clarke
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Schelte J. Bus |
| Discovery date | 2 March 1981 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1981 EO27 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 15630 days (42.79 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.5769535 AU (385.50676 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.7130659 AU (256.27101 Gm) |
| 2.1450097 AU (320.88888 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2013715 |
| 3.14 yr (1147.5 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 0.31368764 degree/d |
| 296.59370° | |
| 0° 18m 49.439s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.675685° |
| 188.51060° | |
| 108.64215° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.710431 AU (106.2790 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.64727 AU (396.026 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.675 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3.1787 h (0.13245 d) | |
| S | |
| 14.3 | |
4923 Clarke is an asteroid. It was discovered on March 2, 1981 by Schelte J. Bus who also discovered 5020 Asimov on the same day. It orbits within the main asteroid belt.JPL
The asteroid is named after the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the postscript to his novel 3001: The Final Odyssey, Clarke jokingly expresses disappointment that he did not receive asteroid 2001 as his namesake, instead it was named for Albert Einstein.
References
- ^ "4923 Clarke (1981 EO27)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
External links
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