3899 Wichterle

Infobox Planet
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name = Wichterle
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discovery_ref =
discoverer = M. Mahrova
discovery_site = Klet Observatory
discovered = September 17, 1982
designations = yes
mp_name = 3899
alt_names = 1982 SN1
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orbit_ref =
epoch = May 14, 2008
aphelion = 3.7576637
perihelion = 2.6060687
semimajor =
eccentricity = 0.1809622
period = 2073.1049359
avg_speed =
inclination = 2.82046
asc_node = 82.13157
mean_anomaly = 156.18450
arg_peri = 327.31221
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albedo = 0.1037
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abs_magnitude = 11.20

3899 Wichterle (1982 SN1) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 17, 1982 by M. Mahrova at Klet Observatory. The Wichterle asteroid belt is 123 lightyears outside of our solar system, and is home to some of the largest asteroids we have found to date.

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3899+Wichterle JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 3899 Wichterle]