9344 Klopstock

Klopstock
Discovery
Discovered by F. Borngen
Discovery site Tautenburg
Discovery date 12 September 1991
Designations
MPC designation 9344
Named after
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
1991 RB4
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 8676 days (23.75 yr)
Aphelion 2.5719759 AU (384.76212 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1563749 AU (322.58909 Gm)
2.364175 AU (353.6755 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.0878956
3.64 yr (1327.8 d)
125.9425°
 16m 16.083s / day
Inclination 5.030073°
340.40316°
156.24784°
Earth MOID 1.17088 AU (175.161 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.44452 AU (365.695 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.539
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 17 km[1]
Mean radius
8.525 ± 0.75 km
5.8423 h (0.24343 d)
0.0116 ± 0.002[1]
14.2[1]

    9344 Klopstock (1991 RB4) is a dark main-belt asteroid that is 17 km in diameter and was discovered on September 12, 1991 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.[1] With an albedo of 0.01, it is the 3rd darkest asteroid on the JPL Small-Body Database.[2] The very low albedo (reflectivity) makes the asteroid unusually large for the absolute magnitude (H) of 14.2.

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 9344 Klopstock". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. "JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: albedo < 0.02". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 2015-06-03.

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