3001 Michelangelo
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3001 Michelangelo
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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Edward Bowell |
| Discovery date | January 24, 1982 |
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Designations
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| Named after | Michelangelo |
| Alternate name(s) | 1982 BC1 |
| Minor planet category |
Main belt |
| Epoch December 1, 2005 (JD 2453705.5) | |
| Aphelion | 2.522 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.191 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 2.357 AU |
| Eccentricity | .070 |
| Orbital period | 1321.298 d |
| Average orbital speed | 19.379 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 269.047° |
| Inclination | 18.357 ° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 297.801° |
| Argument of perihelion | 136.005° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.4 |
3001 Michelangelo is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1982. It is named after Michelangelo Buonarotti, the Italian renaissance artist.
Michelangelo's closest approaches to Mars are just over 0.6 AU.
References
- AstDys
- JPL small body database, including orbit diagrams
- telnet://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov:6775 telnet for JPL Horizons, easier and more comprehensive than web version
See also: List of asteroids
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