- 3001 Michelangelo
Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name = 3001 Michelangelo
discoverer =Edward Bowell
discovered =January 24 ,1982
alt_names = 1982 BC1
mp_category = Main belt
epoch =December 1 ,2005 (JD 2453705.5)
semimajor = 2.357 AU
perihelion = 2.191 AU
aphelion = 2.522 AU
eccentricity = .070
period = 1321.298 d
inclination = 18.357 °
asc_node = 297.801°
arg_peri = 136.005°
mean_anomaly = 269.047°
avg_speed =19.379 km/s
dimensions =
mass =
density =
surface_grav =
escape_velocity =
rotation =
spectral_type =
abs_magnitude =12.4
albedo =
single_temperature =3001 Michelangelo is a small main belt
asteroid , which was discovered byEdward L. G. Bowell in1982 . It is named afterMichelangelo Buonarotti , the Italianrenaissance artist .Michelangelo's closest approaches to Mars are just over 0.6 AU.
References
* [http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/astdys/astibo?objects:Michelangelo;main AstDys]
* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Michelangelo;orb=1 JPL small body database, including orbit diagrams]
* telnet://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov:6775 telnet for JPL Horizons, easier and more comprehensive than web version"See also":
List of asteroids
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