4760 Jia-xiang

4760 Jia-xiang
Discovery [1]
Discovered byHarvard College Obs.
Discovery siteOak Ridge Obs.
Discovery date1 April 1981
Designations
(4760) Jia-xiang
Named after
Zhang Jiaxiang [1]
(Chinese astronomer)
1981 GN1 · 1981 GP1
1982 SE5
main-belt [1][2] · (inner)[3]
background [4]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc62.47 yr (22,817 d)
Aphelion2.6236 AU
Perihelion2.0279 AU
2.3258 AU
Eccentricity0.1281
3.55 yr (1,296 d)
37.063°
0° 16m 40.44s / day
Inclination9.8513°
177.82°
130.44°
Physical characteristics
4.71 km (calculated)[3]
4.79±1.41 km[5]
5.137±0.036 km[6][7]
5.16±1.28 km[8]
14.96±0.0006 h[a][b]
14.9601 h[a][b]
0.13±0.06[8]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.21±0.15[5]
0.227±0.042[6]
0.2275±0.0418[7]
S (assumed)[3]
13.56±0.40[9] · 13.7[7] · 13.90[5] · 14.0[2][3] · 14.29[8]

4760 Jia-xiang, provisional designation 1981 GN1, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 April 1981, by astronomers at Harvard University's Oak Ridge Observatory in Massachusetts, United States.[1] The presumed stony S-type asteroid was named after Chinese astronomer Zhang Jiaxiang. It has a rotation period of 14.96 hours.[a][b]

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