4183 Cuno

4183 Cuno
Cuno, imaged by radar
Several radar images of Cuno
Discovery [1]
Discovered byC. Hoffmeister
Discovery siteBoyden Obs.
Discovery date5 June 1959
Designations
(4183) Cuno
Named after
Cuno Hoffmeister
(astronomer)[2]
1959 LM · 1986 VT7
1987 MB
Apollo · NEO · PHA [1][3]
Mars-crosser
Venus-crosser
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc57.59 yr (21,036 days)
Aphelion3.2396 AU
Perihelion0.7248 AU
1.9822 AU
Eccentricity0.6343
2.79 yr (1,019 days)
338.28°
0° 21m 11.52s / day
Inclination6.7051°
294.90°
236.34°
Earth MOID0.0283 AU · 11 LD
Physical characteristics
2.945±0.115 km[4]
3.73±0.15[5]
3.92 km (calculated)[6]
5.38 km[7]
5.49 km[8]
5.618±0.457 km[9]
3.558±0.002 h[10]
3.5590±0.001 h[a]
3.5595 h [b]
0.097±0.025[9][11]
0.10±0.10[12]
0.10[8]
0.11[7]
0.20 (assumed)[6]
0.23±0.04[4]
0.36±0.06[4]
SMASS = Sq [1]
Q [13][14][15] · S [6][16]
B–V =0.806±0.013[13]
V–R =0.457±0.008[13]
V–I =0.746±0.009[13]
14.00[16] · 14.01±0.32[15] · 14.35[5] · 14.4[1][4][6][8][9]

4183 Cuno, provisional designation 1959 LM, is an eccentric, rare-type asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, and measures approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 5 June 1959, by German astronomer Cuno Hoffmeister at Boyden Observatory in Bloemfontein, South Africa, and later named in the discoverer's honor.[2][3]

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