39428 Emilybrontë
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery date | 29 September 1973 |
| Designations | |
| 4169 T-2 | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 15250 days (41.75 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.9665488 AU (443.78938 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9674511 AU (294.32650 Gm) |
| 2.4670000 AU (369.05795 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2024924 |
| 3.87 yr (1415.3 d) | |
| 319.85852° | |
| 0° 15m 15.699s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.381010° |
| 73.811476° | |
| 305.42075° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.970534 AU (145.1898 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.4913 AU (372.69 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.455 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 15.0 | |
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39428 Emilybrontë is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1415.6533112 days (3.88 years).[2]
The asteroid was discovered on 29 September 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory near Pauma Valley, California.
It was named in honour of English novelist Emily Brontë.
References
- ↑ "39428 Emilybronte (4169 T-2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
External links
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