3893 DeLaeter

DeLaeter
Discovery
Discovered by M. P. Candy
Discovery site Perth Observatory
Discovery date 20 March 1980
Designations
MPC designation 3893
1980 FG12
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 14014 days (38.37 yr)
Aphelion 3.0625197 AU (458.14643 Gm)
Perihelion 1.7804639 AU (266.35361 Gm)
2.421492 AU (362.2500 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.2647244
3.77 yr (1376.3 d)
98.594745°
 15m 41.634s / day
Inclination 23.07970°
196.75601°
107.67446°
Earth MOID 0.895585 AU (133.9776 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.63122 AU (393.625 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.359
Physical characteristics
13.83 h (0.576 d)
13.2

    3893 DeLaeter (1980 FG12) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 20, 1980 by Michael P. Candy at the Perth Observatory. The object was named after the retired Australian scientist John Robert de Laeter. It is a member of the Hungaria family of asteroids.[2]

    Photometric observations made in 2003 at the Santana Observatory in Rancho Cucamonga, California give a synodic rotation period of 13.83 ± 0.01 hours. The light curve shows a brightness variation of 0.33 ± 0.06 in magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. "3893 DeLaeter (1980 FG12)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Stephens, Robert D. (March 2004), "Photometry of 683 Lanzia, 1101 Clematis, 1499 Pori, 1507 Vaasa, and 3893 DeLaeter", The Minor Planet Bulletin 31 (1), pp. 4–6, Bibcode:2004MPBu...31....4S.

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