3343 Nedzel

Nedzel
Discovery
Discovered by Lincoln Lab ETS[1]
L. G. Taff[2]
Discovery site Lincoln Lab ETS
Discovery date 28 April 1982
Designations
MPC designation 3343
1982 HS
Mars-crosser[2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 12347 days (33.80 yr)
Aphelion 3.0815043 AU (460.98648 Gm)
Perihelion 1.6180839 AU (242.06191 Gm)
2.349794 AU (351.5242 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.3113933
3.60 yr (1315.7 d)
99.75169°
 16m 25.058s / day
Inclination 25.00800°
43.45773°
229.74511°
Earth MOID 0.680688 AU (101.8295 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.20491 AU (329.850 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.372
Physical characteristics
Dimensions ~10 km (est.)[3]
5.4620 h (0.22758 d)
5.46 h
13.1

    3343 Nedzel (1982 HS) is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on April 28, 1982 by a U.S. team of astronomers including Laurence Taff at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site, Socorro, New Mexico At roughly 10 km in diameter,[3] it is one of the largest Mars-crossing asteroids.

    References

    1. "3343 Nedzel (1982 HS)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3343 Nedzel (1982 HS)" (2016-02-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
    3. 1 2 "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Retrieved 2015-05-08.

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