3567 Alvema

3567 Alvema
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. Delporte
Discovery siteUccle Obs.
Discovery date15 November 1930
Designations
(3567) Alvema
Named after
(great-granddaughters
of the discoverer)[2]
1930 VD · 1930 XO
1930 XQ · 1967 SB
1972 VN1 · 1972 XC2
1972 YD1 · 1978 EP4
main-belt · (middle)
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc86.53 yr (31,606 days)
Aphelion3.6551 AU
Perihelion1.9157 AU
2.7854 AU
Eccentricity0.3122
4.65 yr (1,698 days)
238.05°
0° 12m 43.2s / day
Inclination6.8229°
270.99°
138.24°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions13.832±0.084 km[3]
13.98 km (calculated)[4]
14.531±0.076 km[5]
8.1216±0.0001 h[6]
8.13±0.01 h[7]
0.031±0.002[3]
0.0467±0.0015[5]
0.057 (assumed)[4]
SMASS = Xc [1]
P [5] · X [4]
12.5[5] · 13.0[1][4] · 13.36±0.04[8]

3567 Alvema, provisional designation 1930 VD, is a dark asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, on 15 November 1930.[9] It was named after the discoverer's three great-granddaughters Aline, Vérionique and Martine.[2]

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