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4923 Clarke
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4923 Clarke, provisional designation 1981 EO27, is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 March 1981, by American astronomer Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia.[1] The spheroidal S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 3.14 hours.[6] It was named after British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke.[1] On the same night, Schelte Bus also discovered 5020 Asimov.
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![]() Orbital diagram of Clarke | |
Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
Discovery site | Siding Spring Obs. |
Discovery date | 2 March 1981 |
Designations | |
(4923) Clarke | |
Named after | Arthur C. Clarke [1] (British science fiction writer) |
1981 EO27 · 1972 NJ | |
main-belt [1][2] · (inner) background [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 45.53 yr (16,631 d) |
Aphelion | 2.5774 AU |
Perihelion | 1.7121 AU |
2.1448 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2017 |
3.14 yr (1,147 d) | |
187.58° | |
0° 18m 49.68s / day | |
Inclination | 6.6759° |
188.51° | |
108.65° | |
Physical characteristics | |
3.367±0.033 km[4] 3.532±0.033 km[5] 4.10 km (calculated)[6] | |
3.143±0.016 h[7] 3.1787±0.0009 h[lower-alpha 1] 27.253±0.0553 h[8] | |
0.20 (assumed)[6] 0.3259±0.0644[5] 0.366±0.066[4] | |
SMASS = S [2][6] | |
13.98±0.31[9] 14.1[5] 14.222±0.004 (R)[8] 14.3[2][6] | |
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