3000 Leonardo
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3000 Leonardo, provisional designation 1981 EG19, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9.5 kilometers (5.9 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 March 1981, by American astronomer Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia.[1] The B-type asteroid has a rotation period of 7.5 hours.[13] It was named for the Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci.[2]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
Discovery site | Siding Spring Obs. |
Discovery date | 2 March 1981 |
Designations | |
(3000) Leonardo | |
Named after | Leonardo da Vinci [2] (Renaissance polymath) |
1981 EG19 · 1961 XB 1975 NK1 · 1979 UT4 1979 WC6 | |
main-belt [1][3] · (inner) background [4] | |
Orbital characteristics [3] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 56.76 yr (20,731 d) |
Aphelion | 2.7755 AU |
Perihelion | 1.9268 AU |
2.3511 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1805 |
3.61 yr (1,317 d) | |
358.39° | |
0° 16m 24.24s / day | |
Inclination | 2.7514° |
200.98° | |
173.67° | |
Physical characteristics | |
9.044±1.725 km[5] 9.05±2.22 km[6] 9.777±0.277 km[7] 9.838±0.068 km[8][9] 10.6±1.1 km[10] | |
7.524±0.021 h[11] | |
0.05[6][12] 0.0585[5] 0.06[10] 0.115[8][9] 0.117[7] | |
SMASS = B [3][13] | |
13.60[10][12] 13.70[1][3][13][14] 13.80[5] | |
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