4318 Baťa
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Zdeňka Vávrová |
Discovery site | Klet Observatory |
Discovery date | 21 February 1980 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1980 DE1 |
Named after | Tomáš Baťa |
Baťa | |
Outer Main-belt Asteroid | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 21268 days (58.23 yr) |
Aphelion | 3.5580387 AU (532.27501 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.8825405 AU (431.22192 Gm) |
3.2202896 AU (481.74847 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.1048816 |
5.78 yr (2110.8 d) | |
109.30565° | |
0° 10m 13.994s / day | |
Inclination | 9.543257° |
33.152351° | |
96.973075° | |
Earth MOID | 1.9174 AU (286.84 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 1.56008 AU (233.385 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.159 |
Physical characteristics | |
10.571 h (0.4405 d) | |
11.7 | |
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4318 Baťa is an outer main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 2111.1800177 days (5.78 years).[1]
Discovery and name
The asteroid was discovered by famous Czech astronomer Zdeňka Vávrová on February 21, 1980. It was named in honor of Tomáš Baťa (1876-1932), a world-renowned Czech businessman founder of the Bata Shoe Organization.[2]
See also
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Citation for (4318)". Harvard. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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