4241 Pappalardo
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Schelte J. Bus |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring Observatory |
| Discovery date | 2 March 1981 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 4241 |
| 1981 EX46 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 16426 days (44.97 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.1587744 AU (472.54592 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7397876 AU (409.86639 Gm) |
| 2.949281 AU (441.2062 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0710320 |
| 5.07 yr (1850.0 d) | |
| 126.03153° | |
| 0° 11m 40.539s / day | |
| Inclination | 0.9724876° |
| 247.09198° | |
| 120.32621° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.73659 AU (259.790 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.2097 AU (330.57 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.266 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.8 | |
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4241 Pappalardo (1981 EX46) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by Schelte J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.[2] It was named in 2000 in honor of Neil Pappalardo,[3] one of the primary donors of the Magellan Telescopes at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.[4]
References
- ↑ "4241 Pappalardo (1981 EX46)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Osculating elements from astorb-database for 4241 Pappalardo". Kentauren.info. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 1. Springer. p. 363. ISBN 3540002383.
- ↑ 10th Anniversary of the Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of technology. 2010.
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