3850 Peltier

3850 Peltier
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. Bowell
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date7 October 1986
Designations
(3850) Peltier
Named after
Leslie Peltier
(American amateur astronomer)[2]
1986 TK2 · 1949 PC
1969 OC1 · 1979 OX13
1982 OW
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc47.47 yr (17,339 days)
Aphelion2.5967 AU
Perihelion1.8718 AU
2.2342 AU
Eccentricity0.1622
3.34 yr (1,220 days)
126.84°
0° 17m 42.36s / day
Inclination5.2687°
124.13°
207.30°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions4.00 km (calculated)[3]
2.4287±0.0002 h[a]
2.4289±0.0001 h[4]
0.4 (assumed)[3]
SMASS = V [1] · V [3]
13.6[1][3] · 13.62±0.37[5]

3850 Peltier, provisional designation 1986 TK2, is a Florian asteroid and suspected interloper from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 October 1986, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station, near Flagstaff, Arizona.[6] The asteroid was named after American amateur astronomer Leslie Peltier.[2]

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