3563 Canterbury
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3563 Canterbury, provisional designation 1985 FE, is a dark Dorian asteroid from the middle regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 23 March 1985, by astronomer couple Alan Gilmore and Pamela Kilmartin at Mount John University Observatory near Lake Tekapo, New Zealand.[11] The asteroid was named after New Zealand's Canterbury Province.[2]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | A. Gilmore P. Kilmartin |
Discovery site | Mount John University Obs. |
Discovery date | 23 March 1985 |
Designations | |
(3563) Canterbury | |
Named after | Canterbury Province (province of New Zealand )[2] |
1985 FE · 1978 VL6 | |
main-belt · (middle) [3] Dora [4] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 38.40 yr (14,024 days) |
Aphelion | 3.2954 AU |
Perihelion | 2.2853 AU |
2.7904 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1810 |
4.66 yr (1,703 days) | |
283.52° | |
0° 12m 41.4s / day | |
Inclination | 6.9555° |
267.78° | |
346.06° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 13.72 km (calculated)[3] 15.26±3.43 km[5] 16.924±0.125 km[6][7] 21.08±8.45 km[8] |
15.553±0.0118 h[9] | |
0.040±0.055[8] 0.050±0.013[6][7] 0.057 (assumed)[3] 0.06±0.04[5] | |
SMASS = Ch [1] · C [3][10] | |
12.4[6] · 12.50[8] · 12.591±0.002 (R)[9] · 12.60[5] · 12.7[1] · 12.79±0.36[10] 13.04[3] | |
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