4492 Debussy

4492 Debussy
Shape model of Debussy from its lightcurve
Discovery [1]
Discovered byE. W. Elst
Discovery siteHaute-Provence Obs.
Discovery date17 September 1988
Designations
(4492) Debussy
Pronunciation/dɛbjʊˈsiː/ etc.[2]
Named after
Claude Debussy [3]
(French composer)
1988 SH · 1979 SZ10
1979 VF1 · 1981 EC
main-belt · (middle)
background [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc65.65 yr (23,977 days)
Aphelion3.2631 AU
Perihelion2.2692 AU
2.7662 AU
Eccentricity0.1796
4.60 yr (1,680 days)
76.633°
0° 12m 51.12s / day
Inclination8.0241°
350.05°
52.507°
Known satellites1[5][6][7]
Physical characteristics
13.23±3.97 km[8]
14.64 km (calculated)[9]
14.75±0.91 km[10]
16.5±1.9 km[11]
17.14±2.94 km[12]
17.359±0.697 km[13][14]
20 h[15]
26.58±0.05 h[15]
26.59 h[5]
26.6 h[11]
26.606±0.001 h[6]
0.039±0.018[11]
0.0406±0.0162[13][14]
0.041±0.016
0.046±0.017[12]
0.057 (assumed)[9]
0.058±0.008[10]
0.07±0.08[8]
C [9]
12.80[12] · 12.9[1][9][10][13] · 13.05[8] · 13.05±0.07[11] · 13.37±0.25[16]

4492 Debussy (provisional designation: 1988 SH) is a dark and elongated background asteroid and binary system from the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 September 1988, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory in France. It was later named after French composer Claude Debussy.[3]

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