3015 Candy

3015 Candy
Discovery
Discovered by E. Bowell
Discovery date 9 November 1980
Designations
2148 P-L
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 18583 days (50.88 yr)
Aphelion 3.9717 AU (594.16 Gm)
Perihelion 2.7988 AU (418.69 Gm)
3.3852 AU (506.42 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.17325
6.23 yr (2275.0 d)
265.762°
 9m 29.664s / day
Inclination 17.403°
38.165°
300.988°
Earth MOID 1.83729 AU (274.855 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.68972 AU (252.779 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.053
Physical characteristics
4.625 h (0.1927 d)
11.1

    3015 Candy is a main belt asteroid with a perihelion of 2.835 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.143 and an orbital period of 2285 days (6.26 years).[1] Spin modeling suggests it has a rotation period of 4.63519895 h with a retrograde rotation, and the spin axis is nearly aligned with the shortest axis of the object.[2]

    The asteroid was discovered on November 9, 1980 by E. Bowell at Lowell Observatory.[1]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. Clark, Maurice (January 2016), "Shape Modelling of Asteriods 1708 Polit, 2036 Sheragul, and 3015 Candy", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 43 (1): 80−86, Bibcode:2016MPBu...43...80C.

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