3936 Elst
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Tom Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | October 16, 1977 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3936 |
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Named after
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Eric Walter Elst |
| 2321 T-3 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.7380835 |
| Perihelion | 2.1183463 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1276117 |
| 1382.0670656 | |
| 117.34942 | |
| Inclination | 5.63933 |
| 240.82960 | |
| 38.07162 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.0 | |
3936 Elst (2321 T-3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by Dutch astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory. It was named after Belgian astronomer Eric Walter Elst.
References
- Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2007) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm
External links
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