3936 Elst

Elst

Discovery and designation
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
Named after	Eric Walter Elst
Alternate name(s)	2321 T-3
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Ap	2.7380835
Peri	2.1183463
Eccentricity	0.1276117
Orbital period	1382.0670656
Mean anomaly	117.34942
Inclination	5.63933
Longitude of ascending node	240.82960
Argument of peri	38.07162
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.0

3936 Elst (2321 T-3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 16, 1977 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.

References

• Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2007) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3936 Elst

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