3953 Perth

Perth
Discovery
Discovered by E. Bowell
Discovery site Flagstaff (AM)
Discovery date 6 November 1986
Designations
MPC designation 3953
1986 VB6
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 13080 days (35.81 yr)
Aphelion 2.6869236 AU (401.95805 Gm)
Perihelion 1.8342913 AU (274.40607 Gm)
2.260607 AU (338.1820 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1885848
3.40 yr (1241.5 d)
232.30323°
 17m 23.924s / day
Inclination 4.950876°
129.08517°
238.03545°
Earth MOID 0.836487 AU (125.1367 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.77051 AU (414.462 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.592
Physical characteristics
5.083 h (0.2118 d)
13.5

    3953 Perth (1986 VB6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 6, 1986 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff (AM). It was named for Perth Observatory.[2]

    References

    1. "3953 Perth (1986 VB6)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. Lutz D. Schmadel (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Vol 1 (Fifth Revised and Enlarged ed.). Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 337. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
    • Wisniewski, W.Z.; Michalowski, T.M.; Harris, A.W.; McMillan, R.S. (1997) Icarus 126, 395-449; 1995, Lunar & Planetary Science XXVI, 1511-1512.

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