3851 Alhambra

3851 Alhambra
Discovery [1]
Discovered byT. Seki
Discovery siteGeisei Obs.
Discovery date30 October 1986
Designations
(3851) Alhambra
Named after
Alhambra
(World Heritage Site)[2]
1986 UZ · 1950 MC
1960 RA · 1965 CD
1973 SE4 · 1973 ST2
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc66.95 yr (24,452 days)
Aphelion2.3148 AU
Perihelion2.0338 AU
2.1743 AU
Eccentricity0.0646
3.21 yr (1,171 days)
188.88°
0° 18m 26.64s / day
Inclination4.6276°
344.66°
97.438°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions6.504±0.390[4]
6.51 km (calculated)[3]
6.813±0.036 km[5]
53 h[6]
0.218±0.052[4]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.2419±0.0418[5]
S [3]
13.0[5] · 13.1[1][3] · 13.78±0.00[7]

3851 Alhambra, provisional designation 1986 UZ, is a stony Flora asteroid and relatively slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 October 1986, by Japanese astronomer Tsutomu Seki at Geisei Observatory in Kōchi, Japan.[8] The asteroid was named for the World Heritage Site Alhambra, in Granada, Spain.[2]

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