3199 Nefertiti
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene Shoemaker |
| Discovery site | Palomar |
| Discovery date | 13 September 1982 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1982 RA |
Named after | Nefertiti |
| MPO 337276 | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 11921 days (32.64 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.021647234038100 AU (302.43412151864 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.127188987967941 AU (168.62507247649 Gm) |
| 1.574418111003 AU (235.5295969976 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | .284059945645673 |
| 1.98 yr (721.57 d) | |
| 282.6243086144400° | |
| 0° 29m 56.083s / day | |
| Inclination | 32.96955767386130° |
| 340.0228884864190° | |
| 53.36946798847360° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.21428 AU (32.056 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 3.60782 AU (539.722 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 4.190 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 2.2 km |
Mean radius | 1.1 km |
| 3.021 h (0.1259 d) | |
Sidereal rotation period | 3.021 h |
| 0.42 | |
| S or Sq | |
| 14.84 | |
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3199 Nefertiti (or 1982 RA) is a near-Earth Amor asteroid discovered on September 13, 1982 by husband and wife team Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar. It was named after the Egyptian queen Nefertiti, mother-in-law of Tutankhamun.
References
- ↑ "(3199) Nefertiti = 1982 RA". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- ↑ "3199 Nefertiti (1982 RA)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
External links
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