13123 Tyson

13123 Tyson
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Shoemaker
D. H. Levy
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date16 May 1994
Designations
(13123) Tyson
Named after
Neil deGrasse Tyson
(American astrophysicist)[2]
1994 KA · 1995 YO2
main-belt · Phocaea[3][4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc63.78 yr (23,297 days)
Aphelion2.9996 AU
Perihelion1.7201 AU
2.3598 AU
Eccentricity0.2711
3.63 yr (1,324 days)
78.622°
0° 16m 18.84s / day
Inclination23.289°
68.802°
252.04°
Known satellites1[5][6][a]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions8.22 km (calculated)[3]
10.87±0.61 km[7]
3.329±0.001 h[8]
3.3303±0.0002 h[5][a]
0.197±0.025[7]
0.23 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
12.19±0.09 (R)[5] · 12.20[7] · 12.3[1] · 12.41±0.41[9] · 12.64[3]

13123 Tyson, provisional designation 1994 KA, is a stony Phocaea asteroid and an asynchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on May 16, 1994, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker and Canadian astronomer David Levy at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States.[10] The asteroid was named for Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and popular science communicator.[2]

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