3682 Welther

3682 Welther
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
Discovery date 12 July 1923
Designations
MPC designation 3682
A923 NB
main belt
Orbital characteristics[2][3]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 33855 days (92.69 yr)
Aphelion 3.64105 AU (544.693 Gm)
Perihelion 1.86821 AU (279.480 Gm)
2.75463 AU (412.087 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.321794
4.57 yr (1669.9 d)
37.9472°
0° 12m 56.088s / day
Inclination 13.5716°
255.613°
113.700°
Earth MOID 0.914555 AU (136.8155 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.07908 AU (311.026 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.228
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 19.32 kilometres (12.00 mi) ± 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi)
Mean diameter[4]
Mean radius
 9.66 ± 0.35 km
3.597 ± 0.001 hours [5]
0.1189 ± 0.009 [4]
11.5,[6] 11.8[3]

    3682 Welther (A923 NB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 12, 1923 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory.[1]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
    2. ↑ "(3682) Welther". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
    3. 1 2 "3682 Welther (A923 NB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    4. 1 2 Tedesco; et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on January 21, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
    5. ↑ Székely; Kiss, L; Szabo, G; Sarneczky, K; Csak, B; Varadi, M; Meszaros, S; et al. (2005). "CCD photometry of 23 minor planets" (abstract). Planetary and Space Science 53 (9): 925–936. arXiv:astro-ph/0504462. Bibcode:2005P&SS...53..925S. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2005.04.006. web preprint
    6. ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2009.

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