39382 Opportunity
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39382 Opportunity (provisional designation 2696 P-L) is a dark Hilidan asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 7.5 kilometers in diameter. Discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey at Palomar Observatory in 1960, it was named for NASA's Opportunity Mars rover.[2]
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Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels |
Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
Designations | |
(39382) Opportunity | |
Named after | Opportunity (rover) (Mars Exploration Rover)[2] |
2696 P-L | |
main-belt · (outer)[1] · Hildian [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 56.34 yr (20,579 days) |
Aphelion | 4.7586 AU |
Perihelion | 3.1642 AU |
3.9614 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2012 |
7.88 yr (2,880 days) | |
56.818° | |
0° 7m 30s / day | |
Inclination | 2.9017° |
129.01° | |
297.44° | |
Jupiter MOID | 0.5914 AU |
TJupiter | 3.0210 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 7 km (generic at 0.05)[4] 7.453±2.290 km[5] |
0.061±0.016[5] | |
14.5[1] | |
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