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Also known as Cuno

asteroid

Key facts

Discovered by
C. Hoffmeister
Discovery site
Boyden Obs.
Discovery date
5 June 1959
Named after
Cuno Hoffmeister , (astronomer)
Alternative designations
1959 LM · 1986 VT 7 , 1987 MB
Minor planet category
Apollo · NEO · PHA , Mars-crosser , Venus-crosser
Observation arc
57.59 yr (21,036 days)
Aphelion
3.2396 AU
Perihelion
0.7248 AU
Semi major axis
1.9822 AU
Orbital period sidereal
2.79 yr (1,019 days)
Mean anomaly
338.28 °
Mean motion
0° 21 11.52 / day
Inclination
6.7051°
Longitude of ascending node
294.90°
Argument of perihelion
236.34°
Earth moid
0.0283 AU · 11 LD
Mean diameter
2.945 ± 0.115 km , 3.73 ± 0.15 , 3.92 km (calculated) , 5.38 km , 5.49 km , 5.618 ± 0.457 km

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Wikidata facts

Diameter
3.651
Orbital period
1018.365510684374
Image
4183 cuno.jpg
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orbital eccentricity
0.636197243417372
provisional designation
1987 MB
time of discovery or invention
1959-06-05
apoapsis
3.241199976373708
semi-major axis of an orbit
1.980934749409623
mean anomaly
317.3740384584265
periapsis
0.7206695224455381
longitude of ascending node
294.3475879051861
argument of periapsis
237.0159099639549
absolute magnitude
14.16
orbital inclination
6.669480582162515
Commons category
4183 Cuno
albedo
0.097
rotation period
3.5595
time of periapsis
2461121.0800252603
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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.

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