3568 ASCII

3568 ASCII
Discovery [1]
Discovered byM. Laugier
Discovery siteNice Obs.
Discovery date17 October 1936
Designations
(3568) ASCII
Named after
ASCII / ASCII (magazine) (character code and magazine)[1]
1936 UB · 1975 WZ1
main-belt [1][2] · (outer)
background [3]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc81.52 yr (29,776 d)
Aphelion3.8974 AU
Perihelion2.4073 AU
3.1523 AU
Eccentricity0.2363
5.60 yr (2,044 d)
264.51°
0° 10m 33.96s / day
Inclination19.454°
58.210°
280.22°
TJupiter3.0770
Physical characteristics
23.752±0.211 km[4]
0.045±0.007[4]
D (SDSS-MOC)[5]
11.8[2]

3568 ASCII, provisional designation 1936 UB, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 24 kilometers (15 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 October 1936, by French astronomer Marguerite Laugier at the Nice Observatory in southwestern France. In 1988, the D-type asteroid was named after both the computer character code ASCII and the Japanese computer magazine with the same name.[1]

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