3800 Karayusuf

3800 Karayusuf
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. F. Helin
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date4 January 1984
Designations
(3800) Karayusuf
Named after
Alford Karayusuf [1]
(discoverer's friend)
1984 AB · 1975 XL4
Mars-crosser [1][2][3]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc42.47 yr (15,513 d)
Aphelion1.6974 AU
Perihelion1.4584 AU
1.5779 AU
Eccentricity0.0757
1.98 yr (724 d)
349.96°
0° 29m 50.28s / day
Inclination14.847°
95.451°
115.76°
Physical characteristics
2.51±0.25 km[4]
2.2319±0.0001 h[5][a]
0.281[4]
SMASS = S [2] · S [3][6]
L (SDSS-MOC)[7][8][9]
14.81±0.94[9]
15.00[1][2][3][4][10][11]
15.40[6]

3800 Karayusuf, provisional designation 1984 AB, is a Mars-crossing asteroid and suspected binary system from inside the asteroid belt, approximately 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 4 January 1984, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Observatory in California.[1] The S/L-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 2.2 hours.[3] It was named after Syrian physician Alford Karayusuf, a friend of the discoverer.[1]

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