3691 Bede
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3691 Bede
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | L. E. Gonzalez |
| Discovery site | Cerro El Roble |
| Discovery date | March 29, 1982 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 3691 |
| Named after | Bede |
| Alternate name(s) | 1982 FT |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.278031110821151 |
| Peri | 1.270395965061546 |
| Eccentricity | .2839667053067306 |
| Orbital period | 863.1917084703541 |
| Mean anomaly | 3.203137284884232 |
| Inclination | 20.36892910677933 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 348.84138631079 |
| Argument of peri | 234.8085062085699 |
| Dimensions | 4.3 km (assumed)[1] |
| Rotation period | 226.8 hr[1] |
| Geometric albedo | 0.15 (assumed)[1] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.9[1] |
3691 Bede (1982 FT) is an Amor asteroid discovered on March 29, 1982 by L. E. Gonzalez at Cerro El Roble.
Based on lightcurve studies, Bede has a rotation period of 226.8 hours, but this figure is based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3691 Bede (1982 FT)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 2012-01-25 last obs. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3691. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
External links
- 3691 Bede at the JPL Small-Body Database
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