3905 Doppler
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3905 Doppler, provisional designation 1984 QO, is a stony asteroid and binary system from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter.
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | A. Mrkos |
Discovery site | Kleť Obs. |
Discovery date | 28 August 1984 |
Designations | |
(3905) Doppler | |
Pronunciation | /ˈdɒplər/[2] |
Named after | Christian Doppler (Austrian physicist)[3] |
1984 QO · 1980 RP2 | |
main-belt | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 35.81 yr (13,078 days) |
Aphelion | 3.2190 AU |
Perihelion | 1.9001 AU |
2.5596 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2577 |
4.10 yr (1,496 days) | |
320.23° | |
0° 14m 26.52s / day | |
Inclination | 14.192° |
343.32° | |
90.823° | |
Known satellites | 1[4][5] |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 8.021±0.047 km[6] |
50.8±0.1 h[5] | |
0.228±0.040[6] | |
S [5] | |
12.6[1][5] | |
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The asteroid was discovered on 28 August 1984, by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at Kleť Observatory and named after physicist Christian Doppler.[3][7]